Comparative data on emotional (psychotic) aggressive biting behavior in mice of ddY strain measured by using two devices; Aggressive response meter and powerlab-compatible type aggressive response meter

Kento Igarashi; Satoshi Kuchiiwa; Toshiko Kuchiiwa; Kazuo Tomita; Tomoaki Sato

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2023.109231

Comparative data on emotional (psychotic) aggressive biting behavior in mice of ddY strain measured by using two devices; Aggressive response meter and powerlab-compatible type aggressive response meter

Data Brief. 2023 May 12:48:109231. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2023.109231. eCollection 2023 Jun.

Authors

Kento Igarashi¹, Satoshi Kuchiiwa², Toshiko Kuchiiwa^{2

3}, Kazuo Tomita¹, Tomoaki Sato¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Applied Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima 890-8544, Japan.
² Department of Morphological Science, Field of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima 890-8544, Japan.
³ Department of Clinical Psychology, Graduate School of Human Science, Kagoshima Immaculate Herat University, 2365 Amatatsu-Cho, Satsuma-Sendai, Kagoshima 895-0011, Japan.

Abstract

The Aggressive Response Meter (ARM) has been validated for measuring emotional (psychotic) aggression triggered by mental irritation in mice. In the present article, we newly developed a device, pARM (PowerLab-compatible type ARM). We collected on the aggressive biting behavior (ABB) intensity and ABB frequency of 20 male and female mice of ddY strain studied over a period of 6 days by using pARM and the former ARM. We calculated Pearson's correlation between the values of pARM and those of ARM. The accumulated data can be referred as a basis for demonstrating the consistence of pARM and the former ARM, and used in future research to augment the understanding of stress-induced emotional aggression in mice.

Keywords: Aggressive biting behavior; Aggressive response meter; Emotional aggression; pARM.