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- Publisher
- Wiley
- Copyright
- 1980 British Pharmacological Society
- ISSN
- 0007-1188
- eISSN
- 1476-5381
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1980.tb08712.x
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
1 Mice in small groups develop a despotic type of social hierarchy, a feature of which is to resist alteration through the medium of psychotropic drugs. This makes a rapid pharmacologically induced change in the social hierarchy impossible. 2 Patrolling the territory and a certain level of social interaction are both critical factors in maintaining the phenomenon of inertia in the social hierarchy. Psychotropic drugs (diazepam, droperidol and mescaline) altered both these factors to a varying degree and also displayed a differing ability to maintain the inertia of the social hierarchy. 3 A drug‐induced alteration in the level of aggression in a subordinate mouse in a group of three does not cause an alteration in its social position. 4 Chronic administration of diazepam, droperidol or mescaline, all of which alter the level of aggression in different ways, can result in an inversion of the social hierarchy where a competitive rival is present in the group of mice. The rate of inversion of the social hierarachy depends on the type of pre‐existing social hierarchy. 5 It is suggested that the ability of psychotropic drugs to maintain the inertia of the hierarchy be used as an index of their effect upon certain types of species‐specific behaviour; in particular aggression.
Journal
British Journal of Pharmacology – Wiley
Published: Nov 1, 1980