Ethology and neurobiology of grooming behavior

Spruijt, Berry M.; Hooff, Jan A. R. A. M. van; Gispen, Willem Hendrik

doi:10.1152/physrev.1992.72.3.825

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“…However, self-grooming can be seen as a de-arousing activity which is increased in anxious rats (Spruijt et al 1992;Kalueff and Tuohimaa 2005;Voigt et al 2005). Although the present design did not allow for analysing anxiety-related behaviour in dams, earlier studies demonstrated that offspring from dams previously exposed to a stress-inducing environment will show stronger responses to anxiogenic stimuli (Plotsky and Meaney 1993;Ladd et al 2000;Wei et al 2010;Maccari et al 2014;Barzegar et al 2015).…”

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The impact of early postnatal environmental enrichment on maternal care and offspring behaviour following weaning

Lund

Voigt

2016

Behavioural Processes

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The impact of early postnatal environmental enrichment on maternal care and offspring behaviour following weaning

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Voigt

2016

Behavioural Processes

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“…Grooming behavior is highly sensitive to stressful stimuli and has been previously used as an indicator of a stress-like state in rodents (Choleris et al 2001;Kalueff and Tuohimaa 2005;To et al 1999). The attenuation of both stress-and CRF-induced grooming by anxiolytic drugs supports the hypothesis of grooming as an anxiety-associated behavior (Lazosky and Britton 1991;Spruijt et al 1992). …”

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Differential blockade of CRF-evoked behaviors by depletion of norepinephrine and serotonin in rats

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Rationale-Central administration of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) elicits a specific pattern of behavioral responses resembling a stress-like state, and is anxiogenic in rodent models of anxiety.Objectives-Specific behaviors evoked by the administration of CRF were measured. The roles of CRF receptor subtypes and that of serotonergic and noradrenergic systems in mediating these responses were studied.Methods-Burying, grooming and head shakes were quantified in rats following intracerebroventricular administration of CRF and urocortin II and after pretreatment with antagonists. The role of forebrain norepinephrine in the behavioral responses to CRF (0.3 μg) was examined following pretreatment with the neurotoxin DSP-4 and that of serotonin after depletion using systemic administration of para-chlorophenylalanine (p-CPA).Results-CRF at 0.3 and 3.0 μg caused robust increases in burying, grooming and head shakes, but urocortin II was ineffective. Pretreatment with either antalarmin or propranolol significantly attenuated the CRF-evoked behaviors. Destruction of forebrain NE pathways blocked spontaneous burying behavior elicited by CRF and conditioned burying directed towards an electrified shock probe. In contrast, depletion of 5-HT selectively attenuated CRF-evoked grooming.Conclusions-Overt behavioral responses produced by CRF, burying, grooming, and head shakes, appeared to be mediated through the CRF 1 receptor. Spontaneous burying behavior evoked by CRF or conditioned burying directed towards a shock probe were disrupted by lesion of the dorsal noradrenergic bundle and may represent anxiety-like behavior caused by CRF activation of the LC. In contrast, CRF-evoked increases in grooming were dependent on serotonin.

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“…From a proximate point of view, the involvement of some reward can therefore underpin the regular performance of the display (see e.g. Hernnstein, 1977;Spruijt et al, 1992. This concept of self-rewarding behaviours can be used to explain why ceratin behaviours such as exploration, foraging, grooming, still appear in the behavioural repertoires of captive animals, even when the functional benefits of their performance have been removed.…”

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To swim or not to swim: An interpretation of farmed mink's motivation for a water bath

Vinke

Hansen

Mononen

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Applied Animal Behaviour Science

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SummaryHow an animal's behavioural (ethological) needs can be met is a pivotal issue in the assessment of welfare for captive animals. The value of swimming water for farmed mink is an example how scientific and societal questions relating to animal welfare can be answered. A number of studies have addressed the issue of the indispensability of swimming water for mink; however, so far with inconclusive evidence. In this paper, the results of these studies and related literature are reviewed.First, the biological definition of need is discussed. Subsequently, attention is paid to the effects of the presence, absence and the removal of swimming water on behavioural and physiological correlates of well-being including stereotypic and anticipatory behaviour and urinary cortisol.Thereafter we discuss individual differences in the use of swimming water, the price animals pay for access to a water bath, and the effect of access to swimming water on juvenile play.The main conclusions of the literature review are that 1) the use of a water bath for mink is most likely related to foraging behaviour (foraging areas: land and water); 2) absence of swimming water, without prior experience, does not lead to consistent changes in level of stereotypic behaviour, or anticipatory responses; 3) removal of a previously experienced water bath may induce short-term stress as indicated by behavioural parameters and elevated cortisol responses; 4) mink work hard for access to a swimming bath and running wheel in consumer demand studies. Other cage modifications such as tunnels and biting objects, may also provide environmental enrichment, if they are added to otherwise impoverished conditions; 5) There are individual differences in the use of swimming water: these are related in part to variation in prior experience of aquatic resources.; 6) As prior experience is important both with respect to individual use of swimming water and the response to deprivation, swimming water can not be described as biological need in the sense of a fixed requirement for survival. As swimming water appears to act as an incentive that induces its own motivation a more accurate term may be an "incentive induced or environmentally facilitated need". Given the available evidence, it is not possible to conclude whether mink that have never experienced swimming water, suffer as a consequence of its absence. However, it is possible to predict that mink with access to water have improved quality of life, due to increased behavioural opportunities, in comparison to farmed mink without access to swimming water. In practical terms, it is still open to debate whether mink should be provided with swimming water, or if alternative, less valued, but easier to install and maintain forms of environmental enrichment, should be provided in mink housing.To clarify these issues a number of future studies would be valuable. These include; 1) whether specific environmental cues affect motivation to swim, such as the form of drinking water delivery systems ; 2) whether prior ex...

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Ethology and neurobiology of grooming behavior

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The impact of early postnatal environmental enrichment on maternal care and offspring behaviour following weaning

The impact of early postnatal environmental enrichment on maternal care and offspring behaviour following weaning

Differential blockade of CRF-evoked behaviors by depletion of norepinephrine and serotonin in rats

To swim or not to swim: An interpretation of farmed mink's motivation for a water bath

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