Pavlov D A, Gorlova A V, Ushakova V M, Zubkov E A, Morozova A Yu, Inozemtsev A N, Chekhonin V P
Department of Higher Nervous Activity, Faculty of Biology, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.
Department of Fundamental and Applied Neurobiology, V. P. Serbsky Federal Medical Research Centre for Psychiatry and Narcology, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia.
Bull Exp Biol Med. 2017 Aug;163(4):409-411. doi: 10.1007/s10517-017-3815-x. Epub 2017 Aug 29.
Stress-induced changes in the behavior of CBA and BALB/c mice were studied after 3-week ultrasound exposure (22-45 kHz). The mice of both lines demonstrated increased aggression in the resident-intruder and social interest paradigms and reduced number of social interactions in the social interest test. Elevated plus maze test showed a decrease in anxiety level in CBA mice and an increase in this parameter in BALB/c mice. Chronic exposure to ultrasound induced an increase in aggression level in mice of both lines that was not directly related to changes in anxiety level.