The application of ethopharmacological techniques to behavioural teratology: preliminary investigations

Ethopharmacological techniques were used to study the behaviour of the offspring of mice treated with different drugs before and after parturition. The "standard opponent" test was used and the animal's behaviour was recorded on videocassettes. It was found that ethyl alcohol, glutamate, cyproterone acetate, medroxyprogesterone acetate, corticosterone and thiourea changed, while lithium chloride and diazepam had no effect on social, defensive, threatening and aggressive behaviour.