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The CCK-system underpins novelty-seeking behavior in the rat: gene expression and pharmacological analyses.
Neuropeptides - 1 Jun 2008
Ballaz Santiago J, Akil Huda, Watson Stanley J
Abstract excerpt
Cholecystokinin (CCK) and its receptor CCK-2R have been shown to promote emotional responsivity and behavioral sensitization to psychostimulants in the rat. An animal model has been developed based on locomotor response to a novel inescapable environment. Animals exhibiting consistent differences in locomotor response to novelty have been termed as high and low responder rats (HR and LR, respectively). This...
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