Markus Wohr

Summary

Affiliation: Philipps University
Country: Germany

Publications

  1. ncbi Testing social acoustic memory in rats: effects of stimulus configuration and long-term memory on the induction of social approach behavior by appetitive 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations
    Markus Wohr
    Behavioral Neuroscience, Experimental and Physiological Psychology, Philipps University of Marburg, Gutenbergstr 18, 35032 Marburg, Germany
    Neurobiol Learn Mem 98:154-64. 2012
  2. ncbi Communication impairments in mice lacking Shank1: reduced levels of ultrasonic vocalizations and scent marking behavior
    Markus Wohr
    Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 6:e20631. 2011
  3. ncbi Lack of social exploratory activation in male μ-opioid receptor KO mice in response to playback of female ultrasonic vocalizations
    Markus Wohr
    Experimental and Physiological Psychology, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
    Soc Neurosci 6:76-87. 2011
  4. ncbi Reduced scent marking and ultrasonic vocalizations in the BTBR T+tf/J mouse model of autism
    M Wohr
    Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, Porter Neuroscience Research Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Genes Brain Behav 10:35-43. 2011
  5. ncbi Ultrasonic communication in rats: effects of morphine and naloxone on vocal and behavioral responses to playback of 50-kHz vocalizations
    Markus Wohr
    Experimental and Physiological Psychology, Philipps University of Marburg, Gutenbergstr 18, 35032 Marburg, Germany
    Pharmacol Biochem Behav 94:285-95. 2009
  6. ncbi New insights into the relationship of neurogenesis and affect: tickling induces hippocampal cell proliferation in rats emitting appetitive 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations
    M Wohr
    Experimental and Physiological Psychology, Philipps University, Gutenbergstrasse 18, Marburg, Germany
    Neuroscience 163:1024-30. 2009
  7. ncbi Effects of genetic background, gender, and early environmental factors on isolation-induced ultrasonic calling in mouse pups: an embryo-transfer study
    Markus Wohr
    Experimental and Physiological Psychology, Philipps University of Marburg, Gutenbergstr 18, 35032, Marburg, Germany
    Behav Genet 38:579-95. 2008
  8. ncbi Maternal care, isolation-induced infant ultrasonic calling, and their relations to adult anxiety-related behavior in the rat
    Markus Wohr
    Experimental and Physiological Psychology, Philipps University of Marburg, Germany
    Behav Neurosci 122:310-30. 2008
  9. ncbi Effects of experience and context on 50-kHz vocalizations in rats
    Markus Wohr
    Experimental and Physiological Psychology, Philipps University of Marburg, Gutenbergstr 18, 35032 Marburg, Germany
    Physiol Behav 93:766-76. 2008
  10. ncbi Ultrasonic communication in rats: can playback of 50-kHz calls induce approach behavior?
    Markus Wohr
    Experimental and Physiological Psychology, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
    PLoS ONE 2:e1365. 2007

Detail Information

Publications15

  1. ncbi Testing social acoustic memory in rats: effects of stimulus configuration and long-term memory on the induction of social approach behavior by appetitive 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations
    Markus Wohr
    Behavioral Neuroscience, Experimental and Physiological Psychology, Philipps University of Marburg, Gutenbergstr 18, 35032 Marburg, Germany
    Neurobiol Learn Mem 98:154-64. 2012
    ..Induction of social approach behavior in response to repeated playback of natural 50-kHz USVs may therefore provide a new and rather unique approach for testing social acoustic memory in rats with relevance to human verbal memory...
  2. ncbi Communication impairments in mice lacking Shank1: reduced levels of ultrasonic vocalizations and scent marking behavior
    Markus Wohr
    Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 6:e20631. 2011
    ..The reduced levels of ultrasonic vocalizations and scent marking behavior in Shank1(-/-) mice are consistent with a phenotype relevant to social communication deficits in autism...
  3. ncbi Lack of social exploratory activation in male μ-opioid receptor KO mice in response to playback of female ultrasonic vocalizations
    Markus Wohr
    Experimental and Physiological Psychology, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
    Soc Neurosci 6:76-87. 2011
    ..Hence, these findings support the phenotypic relevance of Orpm(-/-) mice for the study of autism...
  4. ncbi Reduced scent marking and ultrasonic vocalizations in the BTBR T+tf/J mouse model of autism
    M Wohr
    Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, Porter Neuroscience Research Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Genes Brain Behav 10:35-43. 2011
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  5. ncbi Ultrasonic communication in rats: effects of morphine and naloxone on vocal and behavioral responses to playback of 50-kHz vocalizations
    Markus Wohr
    Experimental and Physiological Psychology, Philipps University of Marburg, Gutenbergstr 18, 35032 Marburg, Germany
    Pharmacol Biochem Behav 94:285-95. 2009
    ....
  6. ncbi New insights into the relationship of neurogenesis and affect: tickling induces hippocampal cell proliferation in rats emitting appetitive 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations
    M Wohr
    Experimental and Physiological Psychology, Philipps University, Gutenbergstrasse 18, Marburg, Germany
    Neuroscience 163:1024-30. 2009
    ..Together, these data indicate that the effect of tickling on HCP depends on an interaction between a predisposing trait and stimulation-dependent variations of the subject's affective state...
  7. ncbi Effects of genetic background, gender, and early environmental factors on isolation-induced ultrasonic calling in mouse pups: an embryo-transfer study
    Markus Wohr
    Experimental and Physiological Psychology, Philipps University of Marburg, Gutenbergstr 18, 35032, Marburg, Germany
    Behav Genet 38:579-95. 2008
    ..In total, it can be concluded that both genomic and nongenomic factors can tune calling behavior in mouse pups...
  8. ncbi Maternal care, isolation-induced infant ultrasonic calling, and their relations to adult anxiety-related behavior in the rat
    Markus Wohr
    Experimental and Physiological Psychology, Philipps University of Marburg, Germany
    Behav Neurosci 122:310-30. 2008
    ..In total, measuring ultrasonic vocalizations can provide information about an affective trait of infant and adult rats, which gives the opportunity to study the development of emotionality from early life onward...
  9. ncbi Effects of experience and context on 50-kHz vocalizations in rats
    Markus Wohr
    Experimental and Physiological Psychology, Philipps University of Marburg, Gutenbergstr 18, 35032 Marburg, Germany
    Physiol Behav 93:766-76. 2008
    ....
  10. ncbi Ultrasonic communication in rats: can playback of 50-kHz calls induce approach behavior?
    Markus Wohr
    Experimental and Physiological Psychology, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
    PLoS ONE 2:e1365. 2007
    ..Together, our data show that 50-kHz calls can serve communicative purposes, namely as a social signal, which increases the likelihood of approach in the recipient conspecific...
  11. ncbi Situational factors, conditions and individual variables which can determine ultrasonic vocalizations in male adult Wistar rats
    Rainer K W Schwarting
    Experimental and Physiological Psychology, Philipps University of Marburg, Gutenbergstr 18, 35032 Marburg, Germany
    Behav Brain Res 182:208-22. 2007
    ..These findings are discussed with respect to the major hypotheses concerning the functional significance of ultrasonic vocalizations, namely the social/communicatory and the motivational/emotional hypothesis...
  12. ncbi Overt behavior and ultrasonic vocalization in a fear conditioning paradigm: a dose-response study in the rat
    Markus Wohr
    Experimental and Physiological Psychology, Philipps University of Marburg, Gutenbergstr 18, 35032 Marburg, Germany
    Neurobiol Learn Mem 84:228-40. 2005
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  13. ncbi Playback of 22-kHz and 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations induces differential c-fos expression in rat brain
    Monika Sadananda
    Experimental and Physiological Psychology, Philipps University, Gutenbergstr 18, D 35032 Marburg, Germany
    Neurosci Lett 435:17-23. 2008
    ..This study unveils neural substrates that are activated during ultrasonic playback perception, which could sub-serve the affective states elicited by these vocalizations...
  14. ncbi Female urine-induced male mice ultrasonic vocalizations, but not scent-marking, is modulated by social experience
    Florence I Roullet
    Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Behav Brain Res 216:19-28. 2011
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  15. ncbi Reduced excitatory neurotransmission and mild autism-relevant phenotypes in adolescent Shank3 null mutant mice
    Mu Yang
    Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    J Neurosci 32:6525-41. 2012
    ..These results demonstrate the exquisite specificity of deletions in discrete domains within the Shank3 gene in determining severity of symptoms...