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ArticleDevelopmental psychobiology2017

Chronic social instability in adult female rats alters social behavior, maternal aggression and offspring development.

Florent Pittet, Jessica A Babb, Lindsay Carini, Benjamin C Nephew

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Article in Developmental psychobiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Florent PittetDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University: Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, Massachusetts.
Jessica A BabbDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University: Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, Massachusetts.
Lindsay CariniDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University: Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, Massachusetts.
Benjamin C NephewDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University: Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, Massachusetts.
Tufts University · USNew England Disabled Sports · US

Funding

Tufts Clinical and Translational Research InstituteUL1TR001064 · NCATS · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI SELKER, HARRY P. · 2013 to 2017
$26.4M
Vasopressin and Maternal BehaviorR00HD059943 · NICHD · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI NEPHEW, BENJAMIN C · 2012 to 2014
$722k
Central Vasopressin and Maternal BehaviorK99HD059943 · NICHD · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI NEPHEW, BENJAMIN C · 2009 to 2010
$201k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001064NICHD NIH HHS K99 HD059943NICHD NIH HHS R00 HD059943
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We investigated the consequences of chronic social instability (CSI) during adulthood on social and maternal behavior in females and social behavior of their offspring in a rat model. CSI consisted of changing the social partners of adult females every 2-3 days for 28 days, 2 weeks prior to mating. Females exposed to CSI behaved less aggressively and more pro-socially towards unfamiliar female intruders. Maternal care was not affected by CSI in a standard testing environment, but maternal behavior of CSI females was less disrupted by a male intruder. CSI females were quicker to attack prey and did not differ from control females in their saccharin consumption indicating, respectively, no stress-induced sensory-motor or reward system impairments. Offspring of CSI females exhibited slower growth and expressed more anxiety in social encounters. This study demonstrates continued adult vulnerability to social challenges with an impact specific to social situations for mothers and offspring.

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Social BehaviorAggressionAnimalsBehavior, AnimalFemaleMaleMaternal BehaviorRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyStress, Psychologicalepigeneticsmaternal aggressionmaternal care behaviorsocial behaviorsocial instabilitystress

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PMID28138966
PMCPMC6390841
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