Differential effects of communal rearing and preweaning handling on open-field behavior and hot-plate latencies in mice. 1997

P Clausing, and H K Mothes, and B Opitz, and S Kormann
Division of Neurotoxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR 72079-9502, USA. pclausing@nctr.fda.gov

On day 2 after delivery, dams of the DBA/1 mouse inbred strain (n = 20/group) with their litter were allocated to one of the following groups: NH21, nonhandling, housed 1 litter/cage, weaned on postnatal day (PND) 21;H21, handling, housed 1 litter/cage, weaned on PND 21; NH30, nonhandling, group-housed (5 litters/cage), weaned on PND 30; H30, handling, group-housed (5 litters/cage), weaned on PND 30. Two male pups of each litter were color marked on PND 2. From PND 8-21 they were removed from their cage, gently held in the experimenter's hand for 5 min/day. The two marked males of each litter were housed together after weaning, and tested in the open-field on PNDs 51-53, and one of each of these siblings was tested for hot-plate latencies on PND 54. Being raised in group-housing and weaned on PND 30 resulted in offspring exhibiting shorter latencies to initiate behavior and higher percentages of centerfield entries in the open field, hot-plate latencies, however, remained unaffected. Preweaning handling increased hot-plate latencies and the number of grooming episodes in the open field, and it decreased defecation, percent centerfield entries and open-field activity in general. It is concluded that the two forms of early experience have different effects on neurobehavioral endpoints 8 weeks after birth.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008811 Mice, Inbred DBA An inbred strain of mouse. Specific substrains are used in a variety of areas of BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH such as DBA/1J, which is used as a model for RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. Mice, DBA,Mouse, DBA,Mouse, Inbred DBA,DBA Mice,DBA Mice, Inbred,DBA Mouse,DBA Mouse, Inbred,Inbred DBA Mice,Inbred DBA Mouse
D010147 Pain Measurement Scales, questionnaires, tests, and other methods used to assess pain severity and duration in patients or experimental animals to aid in diagnosis, therapy, and physiological studies. Analgesia Tests,Analogue Pain Scale,Formalin Test,McGill Pain Questionnaire,Nociception Tests,Pain Assessment,Pain Intensity,Pain Severity,Tourniquet Pain Test,Visual Analogue Pain Scale,Analog Pain Scale,Assessment, Pain,McGill Pain Scale,Visual Analog Pain Scale,Analgesia Test,Analog Pain Scales,Analogue Pain Scales,Formalin Tests,Intensity, Pain,Measurement, Pain,Nociception Test,Pain Assessments,Pain Intensities,Pain Measurements,Pain Questionnaire, McGill,Pain Scale, Analog,Pain Scale, Analogue,Pain Scale, McGill,Pain Severities,Pain Test, Tourniquet,Questionnaire, McGill Pain,Scale, Analog Pain,Scale, Analogue Pain,Scale, McGill Pain,Severity, Pain,Test, Analgesia,Test, Formalin,Test, Nociception,Test, Tourniquet Pain,Tests, Nociception,Tourniquet Pain Tests
D011930 Reaction Time The time from the onset of a stimulus until a response is observed. Response Latency,Response Speed,Response Time,Latency, Response,Reaction Times,Response Latencies,Response Times,Speed, Response,Speeds, Response
D001923 Brain Chemistry Changes in the amounts of various chemicals (neurotransmitters, receptors, enzymes, and other metabolites) specific to the area of the central nervous system contained within the head. These are monitored over time, during sensory stimulation, or under different disease states. Chemistry, Brain,Brain Chemistries,Chemistries, Brain
D003672 Defecation The normal process of elimination of fecal material from the RECTUM. Bowel Function,Bowel Movement,Bowel Functions,Bowel Movements,Defecations
D005260 Female Females
D006120 Grooming An animal's cleaning and caring for the body surface. This includes preening, the cleaning and oiling of feathers with the bill or of hair with the tongue. Preening,Groomings,Preenings
D006234 Handling, Psychological Physical manipulation of animals and humans to induce a behavioral or other psychological reaction. In experimental psychology, the animal is handled to induce a stress situation or to study the effects of "gentling" or "mothering". Handling (Psychology),Handling, Psychology,Psychological Handling,Psychology Handling
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia

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