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Mouse Testing Methods in Psychoneuroimmunology 2.0: Measuring Behavioral Responses

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The field of psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) aims to uncover the processes and consequences of nervous, immune, and endocrine system relationships. Behavior is a consequence of such interactions and manifests from a complex interweave of factors including immune-to-neural and neural-to-immune communication. Often the signaling molecules involved during a particular episode of neuroimmune activation are not known but behavioral response provides evidence that bioactives such as neurotransmitters and cytokines are perturbed. Immunobehavioral phenotyping is a first-line approach when examining the neuroimmune system and its reaction to immune stimulation or suppression. Behavioral response is significantly more sensitive than direct measurement of a single specific bioactive and can quickly and efficiently rule in or out relevance of a particular immune challenge or therapeutic to neuroimmunity. Classically, immunobehavioral research was focused on sickness symptoms related to bacterial infection but neuroimmune activation is now a recognized complication of diseases and disorders ranging from cancer to diabesity to Alzheimer’s. Immunobehaviors include lethargy, loss of appetite, and disinterest in social activity/surrounding environment. In addition, neuroimmune activation can diminish physical activity, precipitate feelings of depression and anxiety, and impair cognitive and executive function. Provided is a detailed overview of behavioral tests frequently used to examine neuroimmune activation in mice with a special emphasis on pre-experimental conditions that can confound or prevent successful immunobehavioral experimentation.

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This research was supported by the National Institutes of Health (DK064862, NS058525, and AA019357 to G.G.F.), USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Hatch project #ILLU971-32.

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  1. Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA

    Albert E. Towers & Gregory G. Freund

  2. School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA

    Jason M. York

  3. Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA

    Tracy Baynard

  4. Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA

    Stephen J. Gainey & Gregory G. Freund

  5. Department of Pathology, Program in Integrative Immunology and Behavior, College of Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA

    Gregory G. Freund

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Towers, A.E., York, J.M., Baynard, T., Gainey, S.J., Freund, G.G. (2018). Mouse Testing Methods in Psychoneuroimmunology 2.0: Measuring Behavioral Responses. In: Yan, Q. (eds) Psychoneuroimmunology. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1781. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7828-1_13

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