Lecture

• Opening of the symphosium

  11:00 - 11:15

• Markus Wöhr

  11:15 - 11:40

  Ultrasonic Vocalizations: Modeling Mania in Rats.

• Nicola Simola

  11:45 - 12:10

  Use of 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations to measure the affective properties of dopaminomimetic drugs in parkinsonian rats.

• Kinga Gzieło

  12:15 - 12:40

  Assessment of ultrasonic vocalisations in rat models of autism.

• Break

  12:40 - 13:00

• Paweł Boguszewski

  13:00 - 13:25

  Ultrasonic vocalizations in laboratory animals – how to analyze data?

• Robert Kuba Filipkowski

  13:30 - 13:55

  Vocal, heart-rate and motor responses to ultrasonic playback in single-reared and fear-conditioned rats.

• Fabrice de Chaumont

  14:00 - 14:25

  Placing spontaneous ultrasonic vocalizations in their behavioral contexts with live mouse tracker.

• Break

  14:25 - 14:45

• Adam Hamed

  14:45 - 15:10

  Examination of the neurochemical mechanisms that govern social behavior and ultrasonic vocalization emission.

• Miron Kursa

  15:15 - 15:40

  Mathematical modeling of neurochemical signs of USV emission

• Richard Mooney

  15:45 - 16:20

  Analyzing vocalizations and vocal circuits in mice.

• Break

  16:20 - 16:30

• Stefan Brudzynski

  16:30 - 17:15

  Mechanisms and emotional nature of emission of rat ultrasonic vocalizations.

• Jeffrey Burgdorf

  17:15 - 18:00

  Using rat ultrasonic vocalization to study the neurobiology of emotion: from basic science to the development of novel therapeutics for affective disorders.

• Experts Discussion Panel

  18:00 - 18:45

  An exchange of opinions between the experts in a form of a casual conversation on the phenomenon of ultrasound vocalization, sound communication between animals and the possible existence of animal language, which may be an evolutionary prototype of communication in humans.