Acoustic camera system for measuring ultrasound communication in mice
Summary: To investigate biological mechanisms underlying social behaviors and their deficits, social communication via ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) in mice has received considerable attention as a powerful experimental model. The advances in sound localization technology have facilitated the anal...
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| author | Jumpei Matsumoto Kouta Kanno Masahiro Kato Hiroshi Nishimaru Tsuyoshi Setogawa Choijiljav Chinzorig Tomohiro Shibata Hisao Nishijo |
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| description | Summary: To investigate biological mechanisms underlying social behaviors and their deficits, social communication via ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) in mice has received considerable attention as a powerful experimental model. The advances in sound localization technology have facilitated the analysis of vocal interactions between multiple mice. However, existing sound localization systems are built around distributed-microphone arrays, which require a special recording arena and long processing time. Here, we report a novel acoustic camera system, USVCAM, which enables simpler and faster USV localization and assignment. The system comprises recently developed USV segmentation algorithms with a modification for overlapping vocalizations that results in high accuracy. Using USVCAM, we analyzed USV communications in a conventional home cage, and demonstrated novel vocal interactions in female ICR mice under a resident-intruder paradigm. The extended applicability and usability of USVCAM may facilitate future studies investigating typical and atypical vocal communication and social behaviors, as well as the underlying mechanisms. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6366e400ed7b41c8809503c4871be6612022-12-22T01:40:10ZengElsevieriScience2589-00422022-08-01258104812Acoustic camera system for measuring ultrasound communication in miceJumpei Matsumoto0Kouta Kanno1Masahiro Kato2Hiroshi Nishimaru3Tsuyoshi Setogawa4Choijiljav Chinzorig5Tomohiro Shibata6Hisao Nishijo7Department of System Emotional Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-0194, Japan; Research Center for Idling Brain Science, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-0194, Japan; Corresponding authorLaboratory of Neuroscience, Course of Psychology, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Law, Economics and the Humanities, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan; Corresponding authorKatou Acoustics Consultant Office, Yokohama 225-0021, Japan; Osawa Memorial Institute of Architectural Environmental Engineering, Kanto Gakuin University, Yokohama 236-8501, JapanDepartment of System Emotional Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-0194, Japan; Research Center for Idling Brain Science, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-0194, JapanDepartment of System Emotional Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-0194, Japan; Research Center for Idling Brain Science, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-0194, JapanDepartment of System Emotional Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-0194, JapanDepartment of Human Intelligence Systems, Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu 808-0196, JapanDepartment of System Emotional Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-0194, Japan; Research Center for Idling Brain Science, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-0194, JapanSummary: To investigate biological mechanisms underlying social behaviors and their deficits, social communication via ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) in mice has received considerable attention as a powerful experimental model. The advances in sound localization technology have facilitated the analysis of vocal interactions between multiple mice. However, existing sound localization systems are built around distributed-microphone arrays, which require a special recording arena and long processing time. Here, we report a novel acoustic camera system, USVCAM, which enables simpler and faster USV localization and assignment. The system comprises recently developed USV segmentation algorithms with a modification for overlapping vocalizations that results in high accuracy. Using USVCAM, we analyzed USV communications in a conventional home cage, and demonstrated novel vocal interactions in female ICR mice under a resident-intruder paradigm. The extended applicability and usability of USVCAM may facilitate future studies investigating typical and atypical vocal communication and social behaviors, as well as the underlying mechanisms.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004222010847Biological sciencesTechniques in neuroscienceBiological sciences research methodologies |
| spellingShingle | Jumpei Matsumoto Kouta Kanno Masahiro Kato Hiroshi Nishimaru Tsuyoshi Setogawa Choijiljav Chinzorig Tomohiro Shibata Hisao Nishijo Acoustic camera system for measuring ultrasound communication in mice iScience Biological sciences Techniques in neuroscience Biological sciences research methodologies |
| title | Acoustic camera system for measuring ultrasound communication in mice |
| title_full | Acoustic camera system for measuring ultrasound communication in mice |
| title_fullStr | Acoustic camera system for measuring ultrasound communication in mice |
| title_full_unstemmed | Acoustic camera system for measuring ultrasound communication in mice |
| title_short | Acoustic camera system for measuring ultrasound communication in mice |
| title_sort | acoustic camera system for measuring ultrasound communication in mice |
| topic | Biological sciences Techniques in neuroscience Biological sciences research methodologies |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004222010847 |
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