Darcy B Kelley, Irene H Ballagh, Charlotte L Barkan, Andres Bendesky, Taffeta M Elliott, Ben J Evans, Ian C Hall, Young Mi Kwon, Ursula Kwong-Brown, Elizabeth C Leininger, Emilie C Perez, Heather J Rhodes, Avelyne Villain, Ayako Yamaguchi, Erik Zornik
In many species, vocal communication is essential for coordinating social behaviors including courtship, mating, parenting, rivalry, and alarm signaling. Effective communication requires accurate production, detection, and classification of signals, as well as selection of socially appropriate responses. Understanding how signals are generated and how acoustic signals are perceived is key to understanding the neurobiology of social behaviors. Here we review our long-standing research program focused on Xenopus , a frog genus which has provided valuable insights into the mechanisms and evolution of vertebrate social behaviors...
January 2, 2020: Journal of Neuroscience