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SUMMARY:Complexity of the nest environment: investigating the early determ
 inants of mouse social behaviour
DTSTART:20101102T113000
DTSTAMP:20260917T150108Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Igor Branchi\, Istituto Superiore di Sanità\, Dipartime
 nto di Biologia cellulare e Neuroscienze\, Roma\, Italy\nThe early environ
 ment is crucial for brain and behavior development. In particular\, social
  experiences involving the interactions with the mother and peers are crit
 ical in shaping the adult individual. Though animal models of psychiatric 
 disorders have widely investigated the relevance of the mother-offspring i
 nteraction\, the peer interaction has so far been rarely studied. The comm
 unal nest (CN) is an innovative experimental strategy that favors an compr
 ehensive investigation of the long-term effects not only of mother-offspri
 ng but also of peer interaction. CN is a rearing condition employed by up 
 to 90% of mouse females in naturalistic settings and consists of a single 
 nest where two or more mothers keep their pups together and share care-giv
 ing. Mice reared in a communal nest display at adulthood relevant changes 
 in bran function and behavior\, including high levels of neural plasticity
  markers and\, in particular\, elaborate social competencies. Overall\, CN
  appears as an experimental strategy different and complementary to the on
 es currently used for studying how the early environment determines trajec
 tories of physiological and pathological development.
LOCATION:AI 1153 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==AI%201153
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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