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Drug reward and intake in lines of mice selectively bred for divergent exploration of a hole board apparatus.
Genes, brain, and behavior - 1 Oct 2007
Kliethermes C L, Kamens H M, Crabbe J C
Abstract excerpt
Individuals characterized as high-novelty seekers are more likely to abuse drugs than are low-novelty seekers, and it is possible that the biological substrates underlying novelty seeking and drug abuse are similar. We selectively bred replicate lines of mice from a B6D2 F3 hybrid stock for high exploratory behavior (HEB) or low exploratory behavior (LEB) as measured by the number of head dips on a hole board. To...
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