Netser, S;
Meyer, A;
Magalnik, H;
Zylbertal, A;
de la Zerda, SH;
Briller, M;
Bizer, A;
... Wagner, S; + view all
(2020)
Distinct dynamics of social motivation drive differential social behavior in laboratory rat and mouse strains.
Nature Communications
, 11
(1)
, Article 5908. 10.1038/s41467-020-19569-0.
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Abstract
Mice and rats are widely used to explore mechanisms of mammalian social behavior in health and disease, raising the question whether they actually differ in their social behavior. Here we address this question by directly comparing social investigation behavior between two mouse and rat strains used most frequently for behavioral studies and as models of neuropathological conditions: C57BL/6 J mice and Sprague Dawley (SD) rats. Employing novel experimental systems for behavioral analysis of both subjects and stimuli during the social preference test, we reveal marked differences in behavioral dynamics between the strains, suggesting stronger and faster induction of social motivation in SD rats. These different behavioral patterns, which correlate with distinctive c-Fos expression in social motivation-related brain areas, are modified by competition with non-social rewarding stimuli, in a strain-specific manner. Thus, these two strains differ in their social behavior, which should be taken into consideration when selecting an appropriate model organism.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Distinct dynamics of social motivation drive differential social behavior in laboratory rat and mouse strains |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41467-020-19569-0 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19569-0 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0/. |
| Keywords: | Animals, Behavior, Animal, Brain, Immunohistochemistry, Limbic System, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Models, Animal, Models, Theoretical, Motivation, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos, Rats, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Reward, Social Behavior, Species Specificity |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Neuro, Physiology and Pharmacology |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10120176 |
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