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Social Behavior and Social Motivation in Adolescent Rats
Abstract
The present study investigated 1) the effects of individual and grouped housing on social investigation, social contact behavior, and play behavior in adolescent rats tested with low socially active (grouped) and high socially active (isolated) play partners; and 2) the effects of long-term (8 days) and short-term (24 h) isolation on social behavioral manifestations and social motivation in terms of preference or avoidance of play partners. Social isolation of adolescent rats activated play behavior and social behaviors different from play, but play was predominantly affected under the conditions of this study. Long-term isolation was more effective than short-term, and resulted in greater manifestation of play and social preference. Adolescent rats were able to modify their social behaviors in response to social activity of the play partner: in isolated animals exposed to low socially active group-housed partners, play behavior was transformed into social activities unrelated to play; exposure of group-housed adolescents to high socially active previously isolated partners resulted in an increase of play behavior. Testing that allowed avoidance of social contacts revealed a dissociation between manifestations of play behavior and social motivation: group-housed play partners of isolated animals showed elevated levels of play behavior but a tendency to avoid their isolated pairmates.
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“Numerous studies have identified environmental factors that influence rat social behavior, including the length of social isolation preceding the test, familiarity with the testing environment and properties of the testing environment, including cage size, lighting, bedding [74–77].”
From Behavioral Phenotyping of Juvenile Long-Evans and Sprague-Dawley Rats: Implications for Preclinical Models of Autism Spectrum Disorders (2016) · cites this paper as [77]
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“it has been suggested that if two individuals have similar motivation to play they are both more likely to perform high levels of play, while individuals with divergent motivation to play could result in the less motivated animal not necessarily participating in play, but rather avoiding it if given the possibility to do so (Douglas et al., 2004;Varlinskaya et al., 1999;Vanderschuren, 2010).”
From Play in Rats: Association across Contexts and Types, and Analysis of Structure (2014) · cites this paper as Varlinskaya et al., 1999
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“Importantly, single-housing or even reducing the number of animals kept in one cage, can be a major stressor for the rats [59][60][61] (but see Reference 62); after such period of isolation they display increased motivation to engage in social behaviors.63”
From Ecological validity of social interaction tests in rats and mice (2019) · cites this paper as [63]
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- Authors
- Varlinskaya, E. I., Spear, L. P., & Spear, N. E.
- Affiliations
- Binghamton University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Varlinskaya, Elena I
- Venue
- Physiology & Behavior
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1999-10
- Volume
- 67
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 475-482
- ISSN
- 0031-9384 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2246321157
- Cited by
- 194
- References
- 38
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 14 · 2014: 19 · 2013: 11 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 5.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Physiology & Behavior (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (5RO1AA10223, R01AA010223)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Keywords
- social motivation, adolescent rats, social isolation, social investigation, play behavior, group housing, social preferences, social avoidance
- MeSH terms
- Aging, Animals, Female, Male, Motivation, Play and Playthings, Social Behavior, Social Environment, Social Isolation, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Rats
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