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The genetic liability to stress and postweaning isolation have a competitive influence on behavioral organization in rats.
Physiology & behavior - 1 Jan 2000
Paulus M P, Varty G B, Geyer M A
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Rats housed in social isolation postweaning (isolates) show profound behavioral and neurobiological differences when compared to socially housed rats (socials). Fischer rats (F344) relative to Lewis rats are hyperresponsive and significantly more susceptible to stressful stimuli. This investigation tested the hypothesis that the behavioral effects of postweaning isolation are more pronounced in a strain of rats...
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