Separation increases passive stress-coping behaviors during forced swim and alters hippocampal dendritic morphology in California mice
Fig 1
Separation increases passive stress-coping behavior during the forced swim task in male California mice.
(A) Twenty days of separation, regardless of paternal experience, significantly shortens the latency to the initial bout of immobility during the forced swim task, compared to non-separated controls. Among paternal mice, separation from offspring exacerbates this effect, as separated fathers have a shorter latency to immobility than non-separated fathers. (B) Regardless of paternal experience, 20 days of separation increases the duration of immobility during the forced swim task. (C) Twenty days of separation, regardless of paternal experience, increases bouts of immobility during the forced swim task, compared to non-separated controls. Among paternal mice, separation from offspring exacerbates this effect as separated fathers have more bouts of immobility than non-separated fathers. *p ≤ 0.05, #p ≤ 0.01, &p ≤ 0.001. Bars represent mean + SEM.
