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Assessment of Ultrasonic Vocalizations During Drug Self-administration in Rats
1College of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology,University of Texas at Austin, 2The Waggoner Center of Addiction and Alcohol Research,University of Texas at Austin, 3Department of Psychology,University of Michigan, 4Institute for Neuroscience,University of Texas at Austin, 5Department of Psychology,University of Texas at Austin
Chapters
- 00:04Title
- 00:45Introduction
- 01:14Preparations and Overview of the Setup
- 02:58Recording a Session
- 05:11Analysis of USV Data
- 08:09Representative USV Results
- 08:58Conclusion
Drug self-administration and ultrasonic vocalizations (USV) are used as behavioral assessments in animal research, but rarely in combination. The purpose of this article is to describe the advantages of recording USVs during drug self-administration procedures to assess affective responses to drug experience.
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Ultrasonic VocalizationsDrug Self-administrationBehavioral And Neurochemical ChangesDrug AbuseAddiction And RelapseDrug MotivationDrug CravingUltrasonic FrequenciesCommunicatory FunctionEmotional States50-kHz Calls22-kHz CallsCocaine Self-administrationOperant ChambersSound-attenuating BoxesUltrasonic MicrophonesMulti-channel Recording HardwareSpecialized Software Programs
