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Genetic predisposition to anxiety-related behavior determines coping style, neuroendocrine responses, and neuronal activation during social defeat.
Behavioral neuroscience - 1 Feb 2006
Frank Elisabeth, Salchner Peter, Aldag J Matthew, Salomé Nicolas, Singewald Nicolas, Landgraf Rainer, Wigger Alexandra
Abstract excerpt
Genetic background may influence an individual's susceptibility to, and subsequent coping strategy for, an acute stressor. When exposed to social defeat (SD), rats bred for high (HAB) or low (LAB) trait anxiety, which also differ in depression-like behavior, showed highly divergent passive and active coping behaviors, respectively. HABs spent more time freezing and emitted more ultrasound vocalization calls...
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