期刊
BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
卷 158, 期 1, 页码 109-121出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2004.08.012
关键词
anxiety; behaviour; ethology; factor analysis; learning; memory; mouse; passive avoidance; P/8; R/1; SAM
Behaviour of senescence-accelerated (P/8) and resistant (R/1) mice was assessed using an ethological approach in a longitudinal study for exploratory and anxiety related behaviours (home cage activity, open field, elevated plus-maze and new object tests), cognitive abilities (step-down and step-through passive avoidance and water maze tests) and visual acuity (visible cliff test). Overall, P/8 mice showed higher activity induced by new environmental stimuli, higher anxiety and lower novelty seeking behaviour in the new object test than R/1 mice. P/8 mice showed an impaired performance as compared to R/1 mice in two passive avoidance tasks. Behavioural alterations of P/8 mice were already apparent at the age of 10-12 weeks. Factor analyses indicated that the impairment of P/8 mice in passive avoidance tasks relates to their altered exploratory and anxiety-related behaviour rather than to cognitive impairments. In the water maze, both strains performed badly in the visible platform task, suggesting poor visual abilities in both strains as supported by the visible cliff test. We conclude that, for a better interpretation of cognitive abilities of P/8 mice, tests not based on novelty-induced behaviour, visual acuity and good motor skills should be used. Finally, we question whether P/8 mice could be a model of some forms of neuropsychiatric disorders resulting from developmental abnormalities rather than ageing. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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