POSTNATAL HANDLING, PERINATAL FLUMAZENIL, AND ADULT BEHAVIOR OF THE ROMAN RAT LINES

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作者
FERNANDEZTERUEL, A [1 ]
DRISCOLL, P [1 ]
ESCORIHUELA, RM [1 ]
TOBENA, A [1 ]
BATTIG, K [1 ]
机构
[1] SWISS FED INST TECHNOL,VERGLEICHENDE PHYSIOL & VERHALTENSBIOL LAB,CH-8092 ZURICH,SWITZERLAND
关键词
INFANTILE STIMULATION; ROMAN HIGH-AVOIDANCE AND LOW-AVOIDANCE RATS; PERINATAL FLUMAZENIL (RO 15-1788); EXPLORATION; EMOTIONAL REACTIVITY; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR;
D O I
10.1016/0091-3057(93)90006-F
中图分类号
B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
The effect of infantile handling stimulation and/or perinatal flumazenil (Ro 15-1788; a benzodiazepine receptor antagonist; 3.7 mg/kg/day) administration on exploratory and emotional-related behavior was investigated using adult females from the Roman high- and low-avoidance (RHA/Verh and RLA/Verh) lines. When rats (6 months old) were exposed to a hexagonal tunnel maze including an illuminated central arena, it was found that RHA/Verh rats were more active, explored more maze area, showed more outward preference, and more frequently entered the illuminated center than RLA/Verh rats. In addition, postnatal stimulation decreased emotional-related behavior in both lines of rats, as expressed by increased entry into, and time spent in, the central arena. Perinatal flumazenil treatment decreased entry into the maze central arena in both rat lines but this effect was counteracted by postnatal (handling) stimulation. Thus, the present study extends to adult RHA/Verh and RLA/Verh rats the positive long-lasting effects of postnatal handling and shows postnatal handling x flumazenil interactions in some behavioral parameters related to the pattern of exploration and exploratory efficiency.
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