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Rats are social animals that use ultrasonic vocalizations (USV) to communicate. USV are usually divided into 50 kHz calls which accompany appetitive states, and 22 kHz vocalizations which are usually associated with aversive states. Both kinds of states are known to affect animals’ heart rate (HR). Also, the polyvagal theory claims that both cardiovascular parameters and USV emission is affected by...
A tool that most effectively determines the emotional states of rats is the registration and analysis of ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs). 50‑kHz USVs are a form of expression of positive emotions. USV measurement allows both identifying individual differences in processing information about the reward as well as reflecting, to a large extent, the level of individual motivation. We hypothesized that...
Rats emit 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) in response to pleasurable stimuli, and USVs are increasingly being used to investigate the affective properties of drugs. Dopamine in the shell of the nucleus accumbens is instrumental in the emission of 50-kHz USVs, but little is known about how calling behavior is modulated by other brain regions that receive dopaminergic innervation. To clarify...
Background. Over the past 50 years, the average consumption of sugar worldwide has tripled, also the type of consumed sugar has changed. Due to high price of sucrose and its technological disadvantages, high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has become one of the most commonly used substitutes. Objective. The aim of the study was to compare, on the animal model, the effect of sugar type (sucrose vs high...
The aim of this study was to determine the short-, mid- and long-term effects of cloprostenol (a synthetic analogue of prostoglandin F2α, PG) and equine chorionic gonadotropin (E) administration on reproductive organs (uterine tissue and ovaries) in female rats. Three different groups, PG, E, and control (C), were created, as well as six subgroups of the PG and E groups. After the treatment procedure,...
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