Mill, J and Galsworthy, MJ and Paya‐Cano, JL and Sluyter, F and Schalkwyk, LC and Plomin, R and Asherson, P (2002) Home‐cage activity in heterogeneous stock (HS) mice as a model of baseline activity. Genes, Brain and Behavior, 1 (3). pp. 166-173. DOI https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1601-183x.2002.10304.x
Mill, J and Galsworthy, MJ and Paya‐Cano, JL and Sluyter, F and Schalkwyk, LC and Plomin, R and Asherson, P (2002) Home‐cage activity in heterogeneous stock (HS) mice as a model of baseline activity. Genes, Brain and Behavior, 1 (3). pp. 166-173. DOI https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1601-183x.2002.10304.x
Mill, J and Galsworthy, MJ and Paya‐Cano, JL and Sluyter, F and Schalkwyk, LC and Plomin, R and Asherson, P (2002) Home‐cage activity in heterogeneous stock (HS) mice as a model of baseline activity. Genes, Brain and Behavior, 1 (3). pp. 166-173. DOI https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1601-183x.2002.10304.x
Abstract
<jats:p>Behavioral genetic work in humans indicates that clinical hyperactivity is best viewed as the extreme end of activity levels in the population. However, current animal models of hyperactivity are not studied as quantitative traits as they are either knockout models or inbred strains. Furthermore, these animal models generally demonstrate elevated locomotion in novel environments, but not in their home‐cages. This is the opposite of the symptoms seen in the human condition where childhood hyperactivity is generally more pronounced in constant, unstimulating situations. In this study we filmed an outbred population of 44 heterogeneous stock (HS) mice under red light during their active phase, to assess the reliability of individual differences in home‐cage behavior and extract an index of home‐cage activity (HCA) level. We then compared this measure to locomotor behavior in a novel environment — the open‐field. Reliable individual differences in home‐cage behaviors such as running, swinging on bars, and burrowing were found, and principal component factor analysis yielded a general activity factor, which accounted for 32% of the variance and correlated 0.90 with a subjective impression of activity level. The correlation between HCA and locomotor activity in the open‐field was 0.23, which was non‐significant. However, the association with HCA level appeared to increase over the five minutes of the open‐field, presumably as the mice habituated. Furthermore, although mice displaying particularly high and low HCA were indistinguishable early in the open‐field task, they became significantly differentiated over time. We conclude that home‐cage behaviors and the open‐field, after habituation, display good face and construct validity, and may provide a good model of baseline activity for quantitative trait loci (QTL) discovery and functional genomics in the HS mice.</jats:p>
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | animal models; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); baseline activity; factor analysis; genetics; home-cage activity; HS mice; hyperactivity; open-field activity |
Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history > QH426 Genetics |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Life Sciences, School of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 02 Aug 2017 11:27 |
Last Modified: | 07 Aug 2024 20:34 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/11080 |