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A novel rat strain with enhanced sensitivity to the effects of dopamine agonists on startle gating.
Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior - 1 Jan 2008
Swerdlow Neal R, Breier Michelle, Mora Adrienne B, Ko David, Shoemaker Jody M
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BACKGROUND: Compared to outbred Sprague Dawley (SD) rats, inbred Brown Norway (BN) rats exhibit less prepulse inhibition of startle (PPI) at long prepulse intervals, and more PPI at short intervals. Sensitivity to dopaminergic drug effects on PPI differs substantially across strains, and is heritable within SD and other outbred strains. To further understand the heritability of PPI and its sensitivity to dopamine...
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