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Effect of thyroxin on behavior of mice with inherited difference in predisposition to catalepsy.
Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine - 1 Feb 2009
Zubkov E A, Kulikov A V
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We studied effects of chronic thyroxin administration (2 mg/l, for 60 days) on motor activity, anxiety and depression-like behavior in cataleptic (ASC/Icg) and non-cataleptic (AKR/J) strains of mice. No effects of thyroxin on anxiety indicators in "open field" and "light/dark" tests were revealed in mice of the strains under study. At the same time, thyroxin increased moveability in the "open field" test in AKR/J...
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