論文

査読有り 筆頭著者 責任著者
2018年6月1日

Effect of Sociosexual Experience and Aging on Number of Courtship Ultrasonic Vocalizations in Male Mice

Zoological Science
  • Kouta Kanno
  • ,
  • Takefumi Kikusui

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開始ページ
208
終了ページ
214
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.2108/zs170175
出版者・発行元
Zoological Society of Japan

Sexual behaviors are instinctually exhibited without prior training, but they are modulated by experience. One of the precopulatory behaviors in adult male mice, courtship ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs), has attracted considerable academic attention recently. Male mice emit ultrasounds as courtship behavior when encountering females. However, the modulatory effects of experience on USVs remain unclear. In the present study, we aimed to clarify the effects of sociosexual experience and aging on adult male vocalizations. First, we examined the effect of aging. The number of USVs decreased in an age-dependent manner. Following this, young adult male mice were co-housed for two weeks with normal female mice or ovariectomized (OVX) female mice, or housed without female mice, and the number of courtship USVs before and after co-housing were compared. In males housed with normal or OVX females, USVs increased significantly after co-housing. In contrast, males housed without females did not exhibit a significant increase of USVs. A facilitative effect of co-housing with female mice on vocalizations was also observed in aged males. In addition, females used as co-housing partners became pregnant, and the reproductive rate may be related to the vocal activity observed in the partnered males. These results indicate that sociosexual experience and aging affect vocalization activity, which may be related to courtship and/or reproductive function.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2108/zs170175
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29882498
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.2108/zs170175
  • ISSN : 0289-0003
  • PubMed ID : 29882498
  • SCOPUS ID : 85048289497

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