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. 2019 Apr 11;13:66. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2019.00066

Table 1.

Behavioral effects of isolation rearing/adolescent social isolation on anxiety-related behaviors.

Behavioral test Period of isolation Resocialized? Age of testing Species Sex Behavioral effect in isolated (compared to GH controls) Consequence of SI References
Elevated Plus Maze P21–P42 No P42 Rats (NA) M ↓ exploration Anxiogenic Parker (1986)
P21–~P80 ~P80 Rat (LH) ↓ time in open arm Wright et al. (1991)
P21–P85 ~P85 Rat (LE) Pritchard et al. (2013)
P21–P112 ~P112 Rat (SD) Weiss et al. (2004)
P28–P72 ~P77 Rat (LE) McCool and Chappell (2009), Chappell et al. (2013), Yorgason et al. (2013), Karkhanis et al. (2014) and Skelly et al. (2015)
P21–P77 ~P77 Rat (SD) NE NE Zhao et al. (2009)
P45–~P130 ~P130 Rat (W) ↑ time in open arms Anxiolytic Thorsell et al. (2006)
P21–P51 Yes ~P80 Rat (LH) M ↓ time in open arm Anxiogenic Wright et al. (1991)
P30–P50* P80 Rat (SD) ↑ time in open arm; after restraint stress Anxiolytic Weintraub et al. (2010)
P21–P112 No ~P112 Rat (SD) F NE NE Weiss et al. (2004)
P28–P50 P51–P53 Rat (SD) Jahng et al. (2012)
P31–~P70 ~P70 Rat (LE) Butler et al. (2014)
P30–P50* Yes P80 Rat (SD) F NE NE Weintraub et al. (2010)
Open Field (locomotor) P19–P105 No P105 Rat (W) M ↑ locomotor activity Hyperactive Gentsch et al. (1981)
P21–P77 ~P77 Rat (SD) Zhao et al. (2009)
P21–P105 P105 Rat (W) Heidbreder et al. (2000)
P22–~P58 ~P58 Rat (LH) Dalrymple-Alford and Benton (1981)
P28–~P200 ~P200 Rat (W) Archer (1969)
P28–P72 ~P77 Rat (LE) Skelly et al. (2015)
P28–P72 ~P77 Rat (LE) ↑ distance traveled Skelly et al. (2015)
P21–P90 ~P90 Rat (LE) NE Locomotor NE Gardner et al. (1975)
P45–~P130 ~P130 Rat (W) Thorsell et al. (2006)
P21–P112 ~P112 Rat (SD) NE distance traveld NE Weiss et al. (2004)
P21–P100 ~P100 Rat (SD) ↓ locomotor activity Hypoactive Holson et al. (1991)
P21–P120 P120 Rat (LE) Holson et al. (1988)
P21–P42 Yes P56 Rat (SD) M ↓ locomotor activity Hypoactive Lukkes et al. (2009c)
P21–P51 ~P80 Rat (LH) ↑ locomotor activity Hyperactive Wright et al. (1991)
P22–~P58 No ~P58 Rat (LH) F ↑ locomotor activity Hyperactive Dalrymple-Alford and Benton (1981)
P28–P50 P51–P53 Rat (SD) Jahng et al. (2012)
P28–P50 P51–P53 Rat (SD) ↑ distance traveled Jahng et al. (2012)
P28–P42 P42 Rat (W) NE NE Archer (1969)
P31–~P70 ~P70 Rat (LE) NE Butler et al. (2014)
P21–P112 ~P112 Rat (SD) NE distance traveld NE Weiss et al. (2004)
P21–P100 ~P100 Rat (SD) ↓ locomotor activity Hypoactive Holson et al. (1991)
P28–~P200 ~P200 Rat (W) Archer (1969)
Open Field (Center Point) P21–P120 No P120 Rat (LE) M NE latency to enter center NE Holson et al. (1988)
P22–~P58 ~P58 Rat (LH) Dalrymple-Alford and Benton (1981)
P21–P42 Yes P56 Rat (SD) M ↓ entries into center; brightly lit Axiogenic Lukkes et al. (2009c)
P45–~P130 No ~P130 Rat (W) M ↑ time in center Anyolytic Thorsell et al. (2006)
P16–P45 P45 Rat (LH) M and F combined ↑ latency enter center Anxiogenic Einon and Morgan (1977)
P25–P90 P90
P16–P25 Yes P45 Rat (LH) M and F combined NE latency enter center NE Einon and Morgan (1977)
P25–P45 P90
P22–~P58 No ~P58 Rat (LH) F NE latency to center NE Dalrymple-Alford and Benton (1981)
Novel Object Exploration P16–P45 No P45 Rat (LH) M and F combined NE novel object investigation NE Einon and Morgan (1977)
P25–P90 P90 fail to habitulate to novel object Anxiogenic
P16–P25 Yes P45 Rat (LH) M and F combined NE on novel object investigation NE Einon and Morgan (1977)
P25–P45 P90 fail to habitulate to novel object Anxiogenic
P31–~P70 No ~P70 Rat (LE) F NE NE Butler et al. (2014)

NA, not available; SD, Sprague-Dawley; LE, Long Evans; LH, Lister Hooded; W, Wistar; NE, no effect; M, male; F, female; NSF, novelty suppressed feeding. *In this study animals were exposed to additiona restraint stress after SI; 1X on P50 and from P73–P80.