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Depressive-like behavior and high alcohol drinking co-occur in the FH/WJD rat but appear to be under independent genetic control.
Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews - 1 Jan 2007
Overstreet David H, Rezvani Amir H, Djouma Elvan, Parsian Abbas, Lawrence Andrew J
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This review will consider the evidence supporting the view that a specific substrain of Fawn-Hooded rat (FH/Wjd) exhibits co-occurring depressive-like behavior and high alcohol intake independently. First, the FH/Wjd rat is compared with other Fawn-Hooded substrains (FH/Har, FHH/Eur, FHL/Eur) and it is concluded that only the FH/Wjd rat is both highly immobile in the forced swim test and drinks substantial...
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