Behaviors of Swiss‐Webster and C57/BL/6N sin mice in a fear/defense test battery
作者:
Robert J. Blanchard,
Stefano Parmigiani,
Rey Agullana,
Scott M. Weiss,
D. Caroline Blanchard,
期刊:
Aggressive Behavior
(WILEY Available online 1995)
卷期:
Volume 21,
issue 1
页码: 21-28
ISSN:0096-140X
年代: 1995
DOI:10.1002/1098-2337(1995)21:1<21::AID-AB2480210105>3.0.CO;2-0
出版商: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
关键词: mice;Swiss‐Webster;C57/BL/6N Sin;defensive behavior;fear/defense test battery;freezing;defensive threat;defensive attack
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractWhen confronted by an approaching threat stimulus (experimenter or laboratory rat), Swiss‐Webster mice show initial flight, followed by freezing and defensive vocalization and biting, the latter only when escape is blocked. These defense patterns resemble those of the wild rat, suggesting that mice of this strain do not show the reductions in flight and defensive threat/attack that are typical of laboratory rats. C57/BL/6N Sin strain mice showed fewer avoidances to an approaching predator, as well as reduced vocalization and defensive biting, a pattern more similar to that of laboratory rats. As with rats, female mice appeared to be more defensive to a predator. They showed greater reactivity to dorsal contact and more frequent defensive biting and jump attacks than males of the same strains. These patterns of defensive behaviors suggest that, although strain differences in defense are substantial, laboratory mice are suitable for, and may offer several advantages in, the study of the genetic, endocrine, and pharmacological basis of antipredator defense. © 1995 Wiley‐Liss,
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