scholarly journals Functional integrity of the habenula is necessary for social play behaviour in rats

2013 ◽  
Vol 38 (10) ◽  
pp. 3465-3475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda W. M. van Kerkhof ◽  
Ruth Damsteegt ◽  
Viviana Trezza ◽  
Pieter Voorn ◽  
Louk J. M. J. Vanderschuren
Keyword(s):  
Social Play ◽  
Functional Integrity ◽  
Play Behaviour

scholarly journals Effect of Morphine Administration on Social and Non-Social Play Behaviour in Calves

Animals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mhairi Sutherland ◽  
Gemma Worth ◽  
Catherine Cameron ◽  
Else Verbeek
Keyword(s):  
Intravenous Injection ◽  
Affective State ◽  
Social Play ◽  
Play Behaviour ◽  
Morphine Administration ◽  
Positive Affective State ◽  
Arena Test

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of morphine on social and non‐socialplay behaviour in calves. Twelve calves experienced four treatments in a cross over 2 × 2 factorialdesign: Calves received an intravenous injection of morphine or saline 10 min prior to being testedindividually or in pairs in an arena for 20 min. Play behaviour was continuously recorded in thearena test. Lying times were recorded in the home pen. Cortisol concentrations were measuredbefore and after testing. In the arena test, calves given morphine tended to perform more social playevents than calves given saline, however, morphine administration had no effect on locomotor play.Calves given morphine spent less time lying than calves given saline during the first 4 h afterreturning to the home pen. Cortisol concentrations were suppressed in calves given morphine.Administration of morphine appeared to increase social play but had no effect on locomotor playin calves. This study highlights the importance of investigating different aspects of play behaviourin animals as some may be more indicative of a positive affective state than others. More studiesinvestigating the effects of morphine on play are needed to confirm the results found in this study.

Predatory Behaviour and Social Play in Kittens

Behaviour ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 76 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 1-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.M. Caro
Keyword(s):  
Time Course ◽  
Social Play ◽  
Agonistic Behaviour ◽  
Motor Patterns ◽  
Predatory Behaviour ◽  
Play Behaviour ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThis study relates changes in social play of kittens to the development of predatory behaviour. Firstly, it documents the development of predatory motor patterns in young cats between the age of 4 and 12 weeks. Correlations between measures of predatory behaviour were found to break down in the 8 to 12 week period of development. Secondly, it examines the development of social play over the same time course. Correlations between some measures of play were also found to break down between 8 and 12 weeks of age. Finally, measures of social play were correlated with measures of predatory behaviour before and after 8 weeks of age. Some measures of play were found to show increased correlations with predatory behaviour as kittens grew older, others were found to show less association with age. It is concluded that these changes in association between measures of play and predation probably reflect a reorganization of play behaviour. Different play patterns appeared to progressively come under separate types of control as kittens developed. Some patterns were becoming controlled by the same factors as those controlling predatory behaviour, others by those factors that control agonistic behaviour. In addition, the relationship between the timing of the onset of social play and predatory behaviour is examined.

scholarly journals Involvement of orexin/hypocretin in the expression of social play behaviour in juvenile rats

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina J. Reppucci ◽  
Cassandra K. Gergely ◽  
Remco Bredewold ◽  
Alexa H. Veenema
Keyword(s):  
Social Play ◽  
Juvenile Rats ◽  
Play Behaviour

scholarly journals Acute and constitutive increases in central serotonin levels reduce social play behaviour in peri-adolescent rats

2007 ◽  
Vol 195 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith R. Homberg ◽  
Olga J. G. Schiepers ◽  
Anton N. M. Schoffelmeer ◽  
Edwin Cuppen ◽  
Louk J. M. J. Vanderschuren
Keyword(s):  
Social Play ◽  
Play Behaviour ◽  
Adolescent Rats

Metacommunication in social play: the meaning of aggression-like elements is modified by play face in Hanuman langurs (Semnopithecus entellus)

Behaviour ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 153 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 795-818 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marek Špinka ◽  
Marie Palečková ◽  
Milada Řeháková
Keyword(s):  
Social Play ◽  
The Other ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Hanuman Langur ◽  
Signal Functions ◽  
Semnopithecus Entellus ◽  
Play Behaviour ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Play Elements

The metacommunication hypothesis asserts that some elements of play behaviour are associated with play elements borrowed from aggression and interpret these aggression-like elements as playful. Using data from free living Hanuman langurs (Semnopithecus entellus), we tested three predictions that follow from the metacommunication hypothesis: (i) aggression-like elements (ALEs) abbreviate play bouts; (ii) candidate signal elements are sequentially associated with ALEs; (iii) associations of candidate signal elements with ALEs prolong play bouts. Play face and five other candidate signal elements were evaluated in relation to nine ALEs. We confirmed all three predictions for play face, albeit only if the play face and/or the ALEs occurred at the start of the play bout. The other candidate elements were not associated with ALEs. We conclude that play face fulfils the metacommunicatory function in Hanuman langur play bouts, while other play specific elements may serve other signal or non-signal functions.

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