title: Low dose MK-801 reduces social investigation in mice.
abstract: To characterize MK-801's effect on social behavior in mice, we examined adult male ICR mice for interaction with companion mice (juvenile male). Test mice were injected with either saline or MK-801 (0.1 mg/kg), and were tested 30 min later for their social behavior during a 5-min session. A second encounter took place 30 min later, with either a familiar companion mouse (the same as in the initial encounter) or a novel mouse. In saline controls, second encounter with a familiar companion mouse showed reduced social investigative behaviors (anogenital sniffing and staying together), indicating habituation toward a familiar mouse. Second encounter with a novel companion mouse did not show habituation in social investigative behaviors. Pretreatment with MK-801 reduced anogenital sniffing during the first encounter. At the second encounter, these mice displayed non-discriminative habituation of social investigative behaviors, with reduced anogenital sniffing and staying together, regardless of whether the companion mouse was a familiar or a novel one. These results indicate that MK-801 affected exploratory activities of mice, resulting in both reduced social investigative behaviors during first encounter with a companion mouse, and diminished discriminative capacities for a familiar vs. a novel companion mouse during subsequent encounter.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Chenghao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Qinglian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Manfang
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Junwei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Meilei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005106:Exploratory Behavior / Q000187:drug effects*; D006120:Grooming / Q000187:drug effects; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects; D012919:Social Behavior
chemical_list: D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate