Lowered sperm motility in subordinate social status of mice

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 665-669

  Koyama, Sachiko ^a   Kamimura, Shinji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mice; Social status; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032448374     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(98)00205-4     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. 1. Abe, S.: Spermatogenesis. In: Okada, M.; Nagahama, Y., eds. Germ cells. Tokyo: Kyoritu Press; 1996:81-111.
2. 2. Albert, D. J.; Dyson, E. M.; Walsh, M. L.: Intermale social aggression: Reinstatement in castrated rats by implants of testosterone propionate in the medial hypothalamus. Physiol. Behav. 39:555-560; 1987.
3. 3. Albert, D. J.; Petrovic, D. M.; Walsh, M. L.: Competitive experience activates testosterone-dependent social aggression toward unfamiliar males. Physiol. Behav. 45:723-727; 1989.
4. 4. Amann, R. P.; Hammerstedt, R. H.; Veeramachaneni, D. N. R.: The epididymis and sperm maturation: A perspective. Reprod. Fertil. Dev. 5:361-381; 1993.
5. 5. Baer, H.: Long-term isolation stress and its effects on drug response in rodents. Lab. Anim. Sci. 21:341-349; 1971.
6. 6. Blanchard, D. C.; Sakai, R. R.; McEwen, B.; Weiss, S. M.; Blanchard, R. J.: Subordination stress: Behavioral, brain, and neuroendocrine correlates. Behav. Brain Res. 58:113-121; 1993.
7. 7. Brain, P.: What does individual housing mean to a mouse? Life Sci. 16:187-200; 1975.
8. 8. Bronson, F. H.; Desjardins, C.: Steroid hormones and aggressive behavior in mammals. In: Eleftheriou, B. E.; Scott, J. P., eds. The physiology of aggression and defeat. New York: Plenum; 1971: 43-63.
9. 9. Creel, S.; Creel, N. M.; Monfort, S. L.: Social stress and dominance. Nature 379:212; 1996.
10. 10. Dacheux, J. L.; Paquignon, M.: Relations between the fertilizing ability, motility, and metabolism of epididymal spermatozoa. Reprod. Nutr. Dev. 20:1085-1099; 1980.
11. 11. Ellis, L.: Dominance and reproductive success among nonhuman animals: Cross-species comparison. Ethol. Sociobiol. 16:257-333; 1995.
12. 12. Fokkema, D. S.; Koolhaas, J. M.; van der Gugten, J.: Individual characteristics of behavior, blood pressure, and adrenal hormone in colony rats. Physiol. Behav. 57:857-862; 1995.
13. 13. Gandelman, R.: Gonadal hormones and the induction of intraspecific fighting in mice. Neurosci. Biobehav. Rev. 4:133-140; 1980.
14. 14. Gray, S.; Hurst, J. L.: The effects of cage cleaning on aggression within groups of male laboratory mice. Anim. Behav. 49:821-826; 1995.
15. 15. Haug, M.; Brain, P. F.; Kamis, A. B.: A brief review comparing the effects of sex steroids on two forms of aggression in laboratory mice. Neurosci. Biobehav. Rev. 10:463-468; 1986.
16. 16. Hilakivi, L. A.; Lister, R. G.: Comparison between BALB/cJ and BALB/cByJ mice in tests of social behavior and resident-intruder aggression. Aggress. Behav. 15:273-280; 1989.
17. 17. Jeulin, C.; Lewin, L. M.; Chevrier, C.; Schoevaert-Brossault, D.: Changes in flageller movement of rat spermatozoa along the length of the epididymis: Mammal and compute-aided image analysis. Cell Motil. Cytoskel. 35:147-161; 1996.
18. 18. Johnson, F.; Whalen, R. E.: Testicular hormones reduce individual differences in the aggressive behavior of male mice: A theory of hormone action. Neurosci. Biobehav. Rev. 12:93-99; 1988.
19. 19. Koyama, S.: Isolation effect in mice (Mus musculus): (ii) variance in aggression. J. Ethol. 11:131-140; 1993.
20. 20. Lee, C. T.; Naranjo, J. N.: The effects of castration and androgen on the social dominance of BALB/cJ male mice. Physiol. Psychol. 2:93-98; 1974.
21. 21. Leshner, A. I.: A model of hormones and agonistic behavior. Physiol. Behav. 15:225-235; 1975.
22. 22. Leshner, A. I.; Moyer, J. A.: Androgens and agonistic behavior in mice: Relevance to aggression and irrelevance 10 avoidance-of-attack. Physiol. Behav. 15:695-699; 1975.
23. 23. Machida, T.; Yonezawa, Y.; Noumura, T.: Age-associated changes in plasma testosterone levels in male mice and their relation to social dominance or subordinance. Horm. Behav. 15:238-245; 1981.
24. 24. McLachlan, R. I.; Wreford, N. G.; Robertson, D. M.; de Kretser, D. M.: Hormonal control of spermatogenesis. Trends Endocrinol. Metab. 6:95-101; 1995.
25. 25. Mugford, R. A.: Intermale fighting affected by home-cage odors of male and female mice. J. Comp. Physiol. Psychol. 84:289-295; 1973.
26. 26. Nagai, T.; Miyake, K.: The process of spermatogenesis. In: Mohri, H., ed. Spermatology. Tokyo: Univ. Tokyo Press; 1992:43-54.
27. 27. Ralt, D.; Goldenberg, M.; Fetterolf, P.; Thompson, D.; Dor, J.; Mashiach, S.; Garbers, D. L.; Eisenbach, M.: Sperm attraction to a follicular factor(s) correlates with human egg fertilizability. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 88:2840-2844; 1991.
28. 28. Saltzman, W.; Schultz-Darken, N. J.; Abbott, D. H.: Behavioural and endocrine predictors of dominance and tolerance in female common marmosets, Callithrix jacchus. Anim. Behav. 51:657-674; 1996.
29. 29. Sharpe, R. M.: Testosterone and spermatogenesis. J. Endocrinol. 113:1-2; 1987.
30. 30. Si, Y.; Okuno, M.: Multiple activation of mouse sperm motility. Mol. Rep. Dev. 36:89-95; 1993.
31. 31. Valzelli, L.: The "isolation syndrome" in mice. Psychopharmacologia 31:305-320; 1973.
32. 32. Zielinski, W. J.; Vandenbergh, J. G.: Testosterone and competitive ability in male house mice, Mus musculus. Laboratory and field studies. Anim. Behav. 45:873-891; 1993.