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A sensory contact model for the study of aggressive and submissive behavior in male mice
Author(s) -
Kudryavtseva N. N.
Publication year - 1991
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(1991)17:5<285::aid-ab2480170505>3.0.co;2-p
Subject(s) - agonistic behaviour , aggression , psychology , sensory system , social relation , body contact , developmental psychology , social contact , social psychology , cognitive psychology , physics , optoelectronics
The technique for simultaneous development of aggressive and submissive behaviors as a result of successive experiences of defeats or victories in daily intermale confrontations in male mice permanently living under sensory contact conditions is offered for behavioral, pharmacological, and neurophysiological studies of mechanisms of agonistic social relations. Distant sensory contact is achieved by placing a pair of males into a common cage separated by a transparent partition with holes permitting visual contact and the individuals perceiving each other's odors but preventing any physical at contact all times except for 10‐min daily tests. These conditions essentially elicit aggression in winner males and quickly result in submission by losers of the same strain of mice. The meaning of consecutive stages of the technique, the problem of controls, and applications of this model are discussed.