mouseTube- a database to collaboratively unravel mouse ultrasonic communication.
Ultrasonic vocalisation is a broadly used proxy to evaluate social communication in mouse models of neuropsychiatric disorders. The efficacy and robustness of testing these models suffer from limited knowledge of the structure and functions of these vocalisations as well as of the way to analyse the data. We createdmouseTube, an open database with a web interface, to facilitate sharing and comparison of ultrasonic vocalisations data and metadata attached to a recording file. Metadata describe 1) the acquisition procedure,e.g., hardware, software, sampling frequency, bit depth; 2) the biological protocol used to elicit ultrasonic vocalisations; 3) the characteristics of the individual emitting ultrasonic vocalisations (e.g., strain, sex, age). To promote open science and enable reproducibility, data are made freely available. The website provides searching functions to facilitate the retrieval of recording files of interest. It is designed to enable comparisons of ultrasonic vocalisation emission between strains, protocols or laboratories, as well as to test different analysis algorithms and to search for protocols established to elicit mouse ultrasonic vocalisations. Over the long term, users will be able to download and compare different analysis results for each data file. Such application will boost the knowledge on mouse ultrasonic communication and stimulate sharing and comparison of automatic analysis methods to refine phenotyping techniques in mouse models of neuropsychiatric disorders.
Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 06, CNRS UMR 8246, INSERM U1130, Institut de Biologie Paris-Seine (IBPS), Sorbonne Universités, Paris, 75005, France.
Nicolas
N
Torquet
Bio Image Analysis, CNRS URA 2582, Institut Pasteur, Paris, 75015, France.
Fabrice
F
de Chaumont
Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 06, CNRS UMR 8246, INSERM U1130, Institut de Biologie Paris-Seine (IBPS), Sorbonne Universités, Paris, 75005, France.
Philippe
P
Faure
Human Genetics and Cognitive Functions, CNRS UMR 3571 Genes, Synapses and Cognition, University Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut Pasteur, Paris, 75015, France.
Thomas
T
Bourgeron
Human Genetics and Cognitive Functions, CNRS UMR 3571 Genes, Synapses and Cognition, University Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut Pasteur, Paris, 75015, France.
Elodie
E
Ey
Mouse; database; mouse behaviour; mouse communication; mouseTube; open analysis; open data; ultrasonic vocalisations