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A Behavioral Assay for Investigating the Role of Spatial Memory During Instinctive Defense in Mice

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Published on: July 21, 2018

A simple threat-detection strategy in mice.

Xing Yang¹, Qingqing Liu¹, Jinling Zhong^1,2

¹Shenzhen Key Lab of Neuropsychiatric Modulation and Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Brain Connectome and Behavior, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, the Brain Cognition and Brain Disease Institute (BCBDI), Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institute of Brain Science-Shenzhen Fundamental Research Institutions, Shenzhen, 518055, China.

|July 31, 2020

Summary

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Mice detect predators using a specific visual "alert range" of size and speed, triggering flight responses. This finding reveals a simple predator detection strategy and potential predator countermeasures.

Keywords:

Alert range Automatic behavior detection Flight Freezing Innate fear Rearing

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Area of Science:

Ethology
Neuroethology
Animal Behavior

Background:

Survival hinges on balancing danger avoidance and resource access.
Animals must differentiate threats from non-threats for appropriate behavioral responses.
Key visual features for rapid danger detection remain largely unknown.

Purpose of the Study:

To identify the visual cues mice use to detect imminent danger.
To understand the relationship between visual stimulus properties and defensive behaviors.

Main Methods:

Utilized an automated system to quantify mouse defensive behaviors (freezing, flight, rearing).
Presented mice with looming visual stimuli varying in size and expansion speed.
Defined an

Main Results:

Looming stimuli within an "alert range" (10-40° angular size, 57-320°/s expansion speed) triggered flight behavior in mice.
Low-speed stimuli induced freezing; high-speed stimuli induced rearing.
Object size and speed determined whether stimuli elicited a defensive flight response.

Conclusions:

Mice employ a straightforward visual strategy to detect predators.
Identified specific visual parameters (size, speed) critical for predator detection.
Findings suggest potential evolutionary arms races between predator detection and evasion strategies.