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The offensive nature of maternal aggression in mice: Effects of fluprazine hydrochloride
Author(s) -
Racine Mark A.,
Flannelly Kevin J.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
aggressive behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.223
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1098-2337
pISSN - 0096-140X
DOI - 10.1002/1098-2337(1986)12:6<417::aid-ab2480120604>3.0.co;2-8
Subject(s) - offensive , aggression , psychology , poison control , developmental psychology , medicine , medical emergency , engineering , operations research
The phenylpiperazine fluprazine hydrochloride was used to test the hypothesis that maternal aggression in laboratory mice reflects offensive motivation. Lactating females (n = 8 per condition) tested for aggression following drug treatment (1.0 mg/kg and 5.0 mg/kg of fluprasine) were significantly less aggressive than saline controls according to all measures used. The findings support the hypothesis that maternal aggression is offensive in nature, and provide no evidence that maternal attack is a mixture of offensive and defensive tendencies.