Psychedelics and psychostimulants produce subjective and often positive affective effects in humans. In rats, positive affective states are often associated with frequency-modulated ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs). We examined whether the hallucinogenic 2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodoamphetamine (DOI; 1.25-2.5 mg/kg) and LSD (0.04-0.08 mg/kg), the non-hallucinogenic lisuride (0.03 or 0.3 mg/kg) and the...
Serotonergic psychedelics, which display a high affinity and specificity for 5-HT2A receptors like 2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodoamphetamine (DOI), reliably induce a head-twitch response in rodents characterized by paroxysmal, high-frequency head rotations. Traditionally, this behavior is manually counted by a trained observer. Although automation could simplify and facilitate data collection, current...