title: An automated device for screening the effects of psychotropic drugs on aggression and motor activity in mice.
abstract: An automated technique for measuring simultaneously aggressive behavior and motor activity in mice is described. This technique allows measure of aggressive behavior and motor activity continuously throughout long-lasting periods without disturbing the animals except for feeding, watering and cleaning the cages. The effects of n-D-propylacetate, a drug which affects aggression without affecting motor activity, were also tested.
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates / Q000494:pharmacology; D000374:Aggression / Q000187:drug effects*; D000818:Animals; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects*; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; C026498:propyl acetate