scholarly journals Postpartum social interactions in families of spiny mice (Acomys cahirinus) observed in a laboratory environment

1985 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 253-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Szijarto ◽  
Richard J. Coffee ◽  
Catherine Boyle ◽  
Diane Bailey ◽  
Marisa Mulé ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Acomys Cahirinus ◽  
Laboratory Environment ◽  
Spiny Mice

Maternal Discrimination and the Development of Sex Differences in Exploratory Behaviour in Infant Spiny Mice (Acomys Cahirinus)

1991 ◽  
Vol 43 (4b) ◽  
pp. 403-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynda I.A. Birke ◽  
Dawn Sadler
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Home Cage ◽  
Exploratory Behaviour ◽  
Maternal Behaviour ◽  
Forward Movement ◽  
Novel Object ◽  
Acomys Cahirinus ◽  
Spiny Mice ◽  
Licking Behaviour

The present paper reports sex differences in exploratory behaviour by infant Spiny Mice, Acomys cahirinus, that may, in part, be related to differences in maternal behaviour towards pups; like some other rodents, mother Acomys differentiate behaviourally between male and female pups. In Experiment 1 infant Acomys were allowed to explore a novel arena. This experiment showed that even by Day 3 (the day of birth=Day 1) female Acomys explored a novel environment more than males; they entered the arena sooner than males and spent more time in contact with a novel object. Experiment 2 showed that infant females were more active than males when observed in the home cage in the presence of their parents and made more approaches to the mother. Mothers, on the other hand, directed more licking behaviour towards males. Experiment 3 focused on the exploratory behaviour of individual pups in the presence of the mother. Given access to a large, complex arena, female pups explored more than males. The results also showed that mothers direct more of their social interactions towards sons than daughters, particularly when pups are about a week old. Some mothers appear to “direct” the movement of their offspring, by blocking their forward movement; this was done more often to male than to female pups. The data suggest that the previously observed changes in exploratory behaviour at this time, and the emergence of sex differences in exploration, may in part depend upon the mothers’ reactions to pups by sex.

Discrimination between full-sibling spiny mice (Acomys cahirinus) by olfactory signatures

1986 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 1182-1188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard H. Porter ◽  
John A. Matochik ◽  
Jennifer W. Makin
Keyword(s):  
Acomys Cahirinus ◽  
Full Sibling ◽  
Spiny Mice

Underlying bases of recognition signatures in spiny mice, Acomys cahirinus

1989 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 638-644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard H. Porter ◽  
Steven A. McFadyen-Ketchum ◽  
Gregory A. King
Keyword(s):  
Acomys Cahirinus ◽  
Spiny Mice

Behavioural and nociceptive response in male and female spiny mice (Acomys cahirinus) upon exposure to snake odour

1999 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Carere ◽  
R. Casetti ◽  
L. de Acetis ◽  
G. Perretta ◽  
F. Cirulli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nociceptive Response ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Acomys Cahirinus ◽  
Spiny Mice

scholarly journals Molecular and histologic outcomes following spinal cord injury in spiny mice, Acomys cahirinus

2019 ◽  
Vol 528 (9) ◽  
pp. 1535-1547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristi A. Streeter ◽  
Michael D. Sunshine ◽  
Jason O. Brant ◽  
Aaron G. W. Sandoval ◽  
Malcolm Maden ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Acomys Cahirinus ◽  
Spiny Mice ◽  
Cord Injury
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