Sex differences in the behavioral response to spatial and object novelty in adult C57BL/6 mice.
KM Frick, JE Gresack - Behavioral neuroscience, 2003 - psycnet.apa.org
KM Frick, JE Gresack
Behavioral neuroscience, 2003•psycnet.apa.orgThe present studies examined sex differences in object localization and recognition in
C57BL/6 mice. Experiment 1 measured responses to spatial novelty (object displacement)
and object novelty (object substitution). Males strongly preferred displaced and substituted
objects over unchanged objects, whereas females showed a preference in only 1 measure
of object novelty. Experiment 2 further examined object recognition by presenting mice with
2 identical objects, followed 24 hr or 7 days later by testing with a familiar and a novel object …
C57BL/6 mice. Experiment 1 measured responses to spatial novelty (object displacement)
and object novelty (object substitution). Males strongly preferred displaced and substituted
objects over unchanged objects, whereas females showed a preference in only 1 measure
of object novelty. Experiment 2 further examined object recognition by presenting mice with
2 identical objects, followed 24 hr or 7 days later by testing with a familiar and a novel object …
Abstract
The present studies examined sex differences in object localization and recognition in C57BL/6 mice. Experiment 1 measured responses to spatial novelty (object displacement) and object novelty (object substitution). Males strongly preferred displaced and substituted objects over unchanged objects, whereas females showed a preference in only 1 measure of object novelty. Experiment 2 further examined object recognition by presenting mice with 2 identical objects, followed 24 hr or 7 days later by testing with a familiar and a novel object. After 24 hr, males preferentially explored the novel object, whereas females exhibited no such preference. Neither sex displayed a preference for the novel object after 7 days. The data suggest that male mice are superior to females at localizing and recognizing objects.(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
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