Source Paper
Prenatal and early postnatal cannabis exposure interactions with adolescent chronic stress on anxiety-like, depression-like, and risk-taking behaviour.
Peterson CS, Ifionu I, Hamood F, Semizeh H, Ali A et al.
Psychopharmacology (Berl) • 2026
Open Field Test
Objective: Measures anxiety-like behavior in mice
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Protocol Steps
Prenatal and postnatal THC exposure
Mouse dams orally consume THC in whole cannabis oil daily
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“Mouse dams orally consumed 5 mg/kg THC in whole cannabis oil daily from GD1-PD10”
Chronic mild unpredictable stress exposure
Offspring are exposed to chronic mild unpredictable stress throughout adolescence
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“Offspring were exposed to chronic mild unpredictable stress throughout adolescence (PD28-56)”
Open field test
Mice are challenged with open field test as part of behavioral battery to measure anxiety-like behavior
Note: Conducted from PD58 as part of battery including elevated plus maze, forced swim test, tail suspension test, sucrose preference, wire beam bridge, and 3 chamber sociability tests
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“From PD58, mice were challenged with a battery of tests to measure anxiety-like (elevated plus maze, open field test)”