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Study: Mice Sing in the Presence of Mates
Updated 1:00 PM ET November 1, 2005
Songbirds may be the Sinatras of the animal world, but male mice can
carry a tune too, say Washington University researchers who were
surprised by what they heard.
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The finding opens the possibility of using mice to study and develop
treatments for autism and other communication disorders, said Holy,
the lead
author and assistant professor of neurobiology and anatomy at the
university's medical school.
Bird song, how it is perceived and learned, is used to understand how
the
human brain works. But some questions might be posed better with
mice, for
experimental convenience, he said.
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