Handbook of Ultrasonic Vocalization

Dr. Brudzynski is professor in the Department of Psychology and the Department of Biological Sciences at Brock University, and is a member and former director of the university’s Centre for Neuroscience. He has published more than 70 journal publications on vocalization and the expression of emotionality and was the first researcher to demonstrate ultrasonic vocalization in rats induced by pharmacological methods. He is the editor of Handbook of Mammalian Vocalization, published by Elsevier in 2009, and recipient of numerous accolades, including the prestigious Outstanding Achievement Award bestowed by the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society in 2014.

Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Evolution of vocal communication system in vertebrates Part 3: Laryngeal mechanisms of ultrasound production in mammals/rodents Part 4: Perception of ultrasonic signals Part 5: Ultrasonic communication of infant rodents Part 6: Characteristics of ultrasonic vocalization in the selected groups of adult rodents Part 7: Vocal expression of emotional states by ultrasonic vocalization, including brain systems for emotional arousal, emotional states, and vocalization Part 8: Ultrasonic vocalization in studies of neuroactive agents (psychostimulants, antidepressants, and cannabinoids) Part 9: Ultrasonic communication in different sociophysiological conditions Part 10: Rodent ultrasonic vocalizations as indices in pharmacological studies of affective disorders, psychoses, addiction, and alcoholism Part 11: Rodent vocalizations as neurodevelopmental indices and underdevelopment Part 12: Ultrasonic vocalization in other vertebrate taxa