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Individual variability in the stress response of C57BL/6J male mice correlates with trait anxiety.
Genes, brain, and behavior - 1 Mar 2008
Jakovcevski M, Schachner M, Morellini F
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Stress strongly alters the physiology and behavior of some individuals, while others are little or not affected. The causes of this individual variability have remained unknown. Here, we hypothesize that epigenetically induced levels of trait anxiety predict the stress response of individual mice in a genetically homogeneous population. Inbred C57BL/6 male mice were selected for their latency to freely enter from...
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