EARLY STIMULATION EFFECTS ON NOVELTY-INDUCED BEHAVIOR IN 2 PSYCHOGENETICALLY-SELECTED RAT LINES WITH DIVERGENT EMOTIONALITY PROFILES

被引:92
作者
FERNANDEZTERUEL, A [1 ]
ESCORIHUELA, RM [1 ]
NUNEZ, JF [1 ]
GOMA-I-FREIXANET, M [1 ]
DRISCOLL, P [1 ]
TOBENA, A [1 ]
机构
[1] LAB VERGLEICHENDE PHYSIOL & VERHALTENSBIOL, ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
关键词
POSTNATAL HANDLING-STIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ACTIVITY; HEAD-DIPPING; EMOTIONAL REACTIVITY; ROMAN RAT LINE;
D O I
10.1016/0304-3940(92)90400-2
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
The present study shows that postnatal handling (H: consisting of removing the pups from the nest twice daily and placing them individually in plastic cages lined with paper towel for a period of 10 min, between postnatal days 1 and 21) and/or environmental enrichment (E: for a period of 6 months) of Roman high- and low-avoidance (RHA/Verh and RLA/Verh) rats induced long-lasting decreases in emotional reactivity (i.e. reduced defecations in the open field, OF, and hole-board, HB, tests) as well as increases in exploratory behavior (i.e. head-dipping) in a manner dependent upon the rat line (there were 'line x H' and 'line x E' interactions). It is reported for the first time that RHA/Verh rats show more head-dipping behavior than RLA/Verh rats, and that the environmental treatments can increase head-dipping of RLA/Verh animals to the level shown by RHA/Verh rats.
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页码:185 / 188
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