Female dominance hierarchies influence responses to psychosocial stressors

• Published in: Current biology Vol. 33; no. 8; pp. 1535 - 1549.e5
• Main Authors: Smith-Osborne, Lydia, Duong, Anh, Resendez, Alexis, Palme, Rupert, Fadok, Jonathan P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Inc 24.04.2023
• Subjects: Animals; Anxiety; corticosterone; dominance hierarchy; elevated plus maze; Female; Hierarchy, Social; Male; Mice; open field test; paraventricular thalamus; Phenotype; psychosocial stress; rearing; Social Dominance; social instability; Social Isolation; social isolation; rearing; psychosocial stress; dominance hierarchy; elevated plus maze; paraventricular thalamus; female; open field test; corticosterone; social instability

Social species form dominance hierarchies to ensure survival and promote reproductive success. Traditionally studied in males, rodent hierarchies are considered despotic, and dominant social rank results from a history of winning agonistic encounters. By contrast, female hierarchies are thought to b...