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Rodent Bioacoustics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
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Rodent Bioacoustics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, 67
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By far, the most widely used subjects in psychological and
biological research today are rodents. Although rats and mice
comprise the largest group of animals used in research, there are
over 2,000 species and 27 families of rodents, living all over the
world (except Antarctica) and thriving in many different habitat
types. The vast environmental diversity that rodents face has led
to numerous adaptations for communication, including vocalizing and
hearing in both the sonic and ultrasonic ranges, effectively
communicating in the open air and underground, and using
vocalizations for coordinating sexual behavior, for mother-pup
interactions, and for signaling an alarming situation to the group.
Some rodent species have even developed foot drumming behaviors for
communication. Comparative studies from around the globe, using
both field and laboratory methodologies, reveal the vast
differences in acoustic communication behavior across many rodent
species. Some rodents are amenable to training and have been
domesticated and bred purely for research purposes. Since the early
1900s, rats and mice have been indispensable to research programs
around the world. Thus, much of what we know about hearing and
vocalizations in rodents come from these two species tested in the
laboratory. The sequencing of the mouse genome in 2002, followed by
the rat genome in 2004, only increased the utility of these animals
as research subjects since genetically engineered strains mimicking
human diseases and disorders could be developed more easily. In the
laboratory, rats and mice are used as models for human
communication and hearing disorders and are involved in studies on
hearing loss and prevention, hormones, and auditory plasticity, to
name a few. We know that certain strains of mice retain hearing
better than others throughout their lifespan, and about the genes
involved in those differences. We know about the effects of noise,
hormones, sex, aging, and circadian rhythms on hearing in mice and
other rodents. We also know about normal hearing in many families
of rodents, including the perception of simple and complex stimuli
and the anatomy and physiology of hearing and sound localization.
The importance of acoustic communication to these animals, as well
as the significance of these mammals to biomedical research, are
summarized in the chapters.
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