期刊
BMC BIOLOGY
卷 20, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12915-021-01185-z
关键词
Bioacoustics; Vocal production; Acoustic communication; Speech; Rodents
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资金
- Janet Waldron Doctoral Research Fellowship
- University of Maine
- Danish Research Council [7014-00270B]
The study identifies wall impingement as the aerodynamic mechanism of USV production in rats and mice, with a motor control model predicting motor gesture trajectories of USV call types. The results suggest that changes in USV production may be influenced by both altered motor programs and laryngeal geometry. This work provides a neuromechanical framework to evaluate the contributions of brain and body in shaping USVs and linking descending motor control to USV production.
Background Rodent ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) are crucial to their social communication and a widely used translational tool for linking gene mutations to behavior. To maximize the causal interpretation of experimental treatments, we need to understand how neural control affects USV production. However, both the aerodynamics of USV production and its neural control remain poorly understood. Results Here, we test three intralaryngeal whistle mechanisms-the wall and alar edge impingement, and shallow cavity tone-by combining in vitro larynx physiology and individual-based 3D airway reconstructions with fluid dynamics simulations. Our results show that in the mouse and rat larynx, USVs are produced by a glottal jet impinging on the thyroid inner wall. Furthermore, we implemented an empirically based motor control model that predicts motor gesture trajectories of USV call types. Conclusions Our results identify wall impingement as the aerodynamic mechanism of USV production in rats and mice. Furthermore, our empirically based motor control model shows that both neural and anatomical components contribute to USV production, which suggests that changes in strain specific USVs or USV changes in disease models can result from both altered motor programs and laryngeal geometry. Our work provides a quantitative neuromechanical framework to evaluate the contributions of brain and body in shaping USVs and a first step in linking descending motor control to USV production.
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