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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-7-24
pubmed:abstractText
In a previous study, in which fertilized DBA ova were transferred into an autoimmune female, and NZB ova were transferred into a non-autoimmune female, we found that (1) the maternal environment affected the degree of autoimmunity, (2) the incidence of cortical ectopias was not affected by the maternal environment (3) DBA and NZB females had greater paw asymmetry if reared in an autoimmune uterus, and (4) avoidance learning scores were inversely related to degree of autoimmunity. In the present experiment, reciprocal crosses of DBA and BXSB mice were studied to confirm and extend the original findings. DB mice (DBA female x BXSB male) had greater immune activity than the BD animals, had poorer avoidance learning, but were better on black-white discrimination learning and the Lashley III maze. The BD mice had greater paw asymmetry. Only one of 38 animals had a cortical ectopia. The results lead to the following conclusions: (1) there is an inverse relationship between amount of immune activity and active avoidance learning; (2) some uterine factor in autoimmune mice causes females to have greater paw asymmetry; (3) cortical ectopias are under genetic control; and (4) the lesser immune activity of the BD mice suggests that they developed a suppressor system following early exposure to autoimmunity in the uterine/maternal environment.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0006-8993
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
571
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
323-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Behavior, ectopias and immunity in BD/DB reciprocal crosses.
pubmed:affiliation
Biobehavioral Sciences Graduate Degree Program, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269-4154.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.