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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-5-18
pubmed:abstractText
Previous studies have shown that oxytocin (OT)-deficient female mice produced by homologous recombination fail to lactate but exhibit normal parturition and reproductive behaviors. We examined the ultrasonic vocalizations of infant mice and the subsequent aggressive and fear behavior of adult male OT knockout (OT-KO) mice. Infant OT-KO mice were less vocal than wild-type (WT) control mice during separations from the mother and peers. Adult OT-KO males were generally more aggressive in isolation-induced and resident-intruder tests of aggression and less fearful in the plus maze and acoustic startle reflex tests than WT controls. Although the increase in tests of aggression was robust for OT-KO males from obligate litters (progeny of homozygous x homozygous crossings), the increase in aggression was reduced during tests for OT-KO males derived from nonobligate mating (progeny of heterozygous x heterozygous crossings), suggesting that the OT-KO genotype was not, by itself, responsible for the changes in adult behavior. We conclude that the absence of exposure to OT during development was associated with abnormalities in the development of emotional behavior.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0018-506X
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2000 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
145-55
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10753584-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:10753584-Aggression, pubmed-meshheading:10753584-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10753584-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:10753584-Behavior, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:10753584-Fear, pubmed-meshheading:10753584-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10753584-Heterozygote, pubmed-meshheading:10753584-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10753584-Maternal Behavior, pubmed-meshheading:10753584-Maze Learning, pubmed-meshheading:10753584-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10753584-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:10753584-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:10753584-Object Attachment, pubmed-meshheading:10753584-Oxytocin, pubmed-meshheading:10753584-Paternal Behavior, pubmed-meshheading:10753584-Startle Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:10753584-Uterus, pubmed-meshheading:10753584-Vocalization, Animal
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Infant vocalization, adult aggression, and fear behavior of an oxytocin null mutant mouse.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't