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Effects of thyroid hormone deficiency on behavior in rat strains with different predisposition to catalepsy.
Physiology & behavior - 15 Apr 2002
Barykina N N, Chuguy V F, Alekhina T A, Kolpakov V G, Maksiutova A V, Kulikov A V
Abstract excerpt
The effects of thyroidectomy on anxiety-related behavior in the elevated plus-maze test, locomotor activity, and defecation in the open-field test and duration of cataleptic freezing were studied in rats of two strains differing in predisposition to catalepsy: cataleptic strain GC and its ancestor strain Wistar. Total thyroxine level was significantly decreased in control GC rats compared to that in control...
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