Stress coping style does not determine social status, but influences the consequences of social subordination stress

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dc.contributor.authorBoersma, Gretha J.
dc.contributor.authorSmeltzer, Michael D.
dc.contributor.authorScott, Karen A.
dc.contributor.authorScheurink, Anton J.
dc.contributor.authorTamashiro, Kellie L.
dc.contributor.authorSakai, Randall R.
dc.contributor.funderNational Institutes of Healthen
dc.contributor.funderNederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoeken
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-04T08:58:38Z
dc.date.available2017-08-04T08:58:38Z
dc.date.issued2017-01-06
dc.description.abstractChronic stress exposure may have negative consequences for health. One of the most common sources of chronic stress is stress associated with social interaction. In rodents, the effects of social stress can be studied in a naturalistic way using the visual burrow system (VBS). The way an individual copes with stress, their “stress coping style”, may influence the consequences of social stress. In the current study we tested the hypothesis that stress coping style may modulate social status and influence the consequences of having a lower social status. We formed 7 VBS colonies, with 1 proactive coping male, 1 passive coping male, and 4 female rats per colony to assess whether a rat's coping style prior to colony formation could predict whether that individual is more likely to become socially dominant. The rats remained in their respective colonies for 14 days and the physiological and behavioral consequences of social stress were assessed. Our study shows that stress coping style does not predict social status. However, stress coping style may influence the consequences of having a lower social status. Subordinate passive and proactive rats had distinctly different wound patterns; proactive rats had more wounds on the front of their bodies. Behavioral analysis confirmed that proactive subordinate rats engaged in more offensive interactions. Furthermore, subordinate rats with a proactive stress coping style had larger adrenals, and increased stress responsivity to a novel acute stressor (restraint stress) compared to passive subordinate rats or dominant rats, suggesting that the allostatic load may have been larger in this group.en
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Institutes of Health (HD055030 and DK066596); Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Rubicon fellowship grant 825.10.032)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationOersma, G. J., Smeltzer, M. D., Scott, K. A., Scheurink, A. J., Tamashiro, K. L. and Sakai, R. R. (2017) ‘Stress coping style does not determine social status, but influences the consequences of social subordination stress’, Physiology and Behavior, 178, pp. 126-133. doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.12.041en
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.12.041
dc.identifier.endpage133en
dc.identifier.issn0031-9384
dc.identifier.journaltitlePhysiology and Behavioren
dc.identifier.startpage126en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/4420
dc.identifier.volume178en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevier Ltd.en
dc.rights© 2017, Elsevier Ltd. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectStressen
dc.subjectVisual burrow systemen
dc.subjectVBSen
dc.subjectSocial Statusen
dc.titleStress coping style does not determine social status, but influences the consequences of social subordination stressen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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