Inhibition of alloparental behavior by acute stress in virgin male California mice (Peromyscus californicus).

Autor: Shaikh N; Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA., Asif PY; Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA., Saltzman W; Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA; Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA. Electronic address: saltzman@ucr.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Behavioural processes [Behav Processes] 2024 Aug; Vol. 220, pp. 105060. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 22.
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2024.105060
Abstrakt: In many biparental mammals, such as California mice (Peromyscus californicus), fathers display affiliative behavior toward unfamiliar infants whereas reproductively naïve adult males show highly variable responses. Sources of this variability are not well understood, but evidence suggests that stress can either enhance or inhibit alloparental care. We evaluated immediate and delayed effects of acute stress on pup-directed behavior in adult virgin male California mice. Mice underwent three 10-minute tests with unfamiliar pups at 48-hour intervals. Stressed mice (N=22) received a subcutaneous oil injection immediately before tests 1 and 2, whereas controls (N=22) were left undisturbed. In controls, but not stressed mice, latency to approach the pup decreased and duration of alloparental behavior increased across the three tests. At each time point, stressed males were less likely than controls to perform alloparental behavior. Controls spent significantly more time performing alloparental behavior than stressed mice in tests 1 and 2 but not in test 3. Pup-directed aggression did not differ between the groups at any time point. These findings suggest that acute stress can both inhibit alloparental behavior in the short term and prevent the increase in alloparental behavior that typically occurs with repeated exposure to pups in virgin male California mice.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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