Prenatal stress reduces intermale aggression in mice.
Prenatal stress (heat and restraint) significantly reduced intermale aggression (percentage of animals fighting and the number of attacks and lunges) in Rockland-Swiss Albino mice. These data, in combination with previous reports showing deficits in male copulatory responses, suggest that a wide array of androgen-dependent social behaviors may be influenced by prenatal stress.
D000374:Aggression; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008297:Male; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D051379:Mice; D011247:Pregnancy; D012149:Restraint, Physical; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal; D012934:Social Isolation; D013315:Stress, Psychological