Effects of Early Life Scarcity‐Adversity on Maturational Milestones in Male and Female Rats
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| author | Erin Lauraine Sasha Oak Christine H. Nguyen Millie Rincón‐Cortés |
| author_facet | Erin Lauraine Sasha Oak Christine H. Nguyen Millie Rincón‐Cortés Erin Lauraine Sasha Oak Christine H. Nguyen Millie Rincón‐Cortés |
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| contents | Effects of Early Life Scarcity‐Adversity on Maturational Milestones in Male and Female Rats Erin Lauraine Sasha Oak Christine H. Nguyen Millie Rincón‐Cortés Developmental Psychobiology ABSTRACTAlthough many studies have shown a long‐term negative impact of early life adversity (ELA) in rodents, literature regarding its effects on maturational milestones in rats is scarce. Available evidence suggests that ELA interferes with normal growth and development in rodents and that effects may be sex‐dependent even at an early age. In accordance, we hypothesized that early life scarcity‐adversity would impair physical and reflex development in male and female rats. To test this, we used an early life resource scarcity paradigm based on reducing home cage bedding during postnatal days (PND) 2–9 and assessed physical landmarks by measuring weight gain, incisor presence, fur development, and eye opening. We also evaluated the impact of early life scarcity‐adversity on developmental reflexes by measuring surface righting and grasp reflexes, negative geotaxis, cliff avoidance, bar holding, and auditory startle. Early life scarcity‐adversity resulted in earlier complete lower incisor presence in males (PND 6), impaired surface righting (PND 6) and grasp reflexes (PND 8) in both sexes, and impaired cliff avoidance responses in females (PND 12). These results extend previous research examining the effects of ELA on developing male and female rodents by showing that it negatively impacts a subset of physical landmarks and developmental reflexes in a sex‐dependent manner. 10.1002/dev.22559 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor |
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| spellingShingle | Effects of Early Life Scarcity‐Adversity on Maturational Milestones in Male and Female Rats Erin Lauraine Sasha Oak Christine H. Nguyen Millie Rincón‐Cortés Developmental Psychobiology Effects of Early Life Scarcity‐Adversity on Maturational Milestones in Male and Female Rats Erin Lauraine Sasha Oak Christine H. Nguyen Millie Rincón‐Cortés Developmental Psychobiology ABSTRACTAlthough many studies have shown a long‐term negative impact of early life adversity (ELA) in rodents, literature regarding its effects on maturational milestones in rats is scarce. Available evidence suggests that ELA interferes with normal growth and development in rodents and that effects may be sex‐dependent even at an early age. In accordance, we hypothesized that early life scarcity‐adversity would impair physical and reflex development in male and female rats. To test this, we used an early life resource scarcity paradigm based on reducing home cage bedding during postnatal days (PND) 2–9 and assessed physical landmarks by measuring weight gain, incisor presence, fur development, and eye opening. We also evaluated the impact of early life scarcity‐adversity on developmental reflexes by measuring surface righting and grasp reflexes, negative geotaxis, cliff avoidance, bar holding, and auditory startle. Early life scarcity‐adversity resulted in earlier complete lower incisor presence in males (PND 6), impaired surface righting (PND 6) and grasp reflexes (PND 8) in both sexes, and impaired cliff avoidance responses in females (PND 12). These results extend previous research examining the effects of ELA on developing male and female rodents by showing that it negatively impacts a subset of physical landmarks and developmental reflexes in a sex‐dependent manner. 10.1002/dev.22559 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor |
| title | Effects of Early Life Scarcity‐Adversity on Maturational Milestones in Male and Female Rats |
| topic | Developmental Psychobiology |
| url | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dev.22559 |