Impact of prolonged chronic social isolation stress on behavior and multifractal complexity of metabolic rate in Octodon degus.

ABSTRACT: Social interaction can improve animal performance through the prevention of stress-related events, the provision of security, and the enhancement of reproductive output and survival. We investigated the effects of prolonged chronic social isolation stress on behavioral, cognitive, and physiological performance in the social, long-lived rodent Octodon degus. Degu pups were separated into two social stress treatments: control (CTRL) and chronically isolated (CI) individuals from post-natal and post-weaning until adulthood. We quantified anxiety-like behavior and cognitive performance with a battery of behavioral tests. Additionally, we measured their basal metabolic rate (BMR) and analyzed the multifractal properties of the oxygen consumption time series using Multifractal Detrended F

SUBMITTER: Cavieres G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10622977 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature