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Ontogenetic differences in adolescent and adult C57BL/6J and DBA/2J mice: Anxiety‐like, locomotor, and consummatory behaviors
30 Sept 2010
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Adolescence is a highly conserved period during which mammals undergo a number of hormonal, biological, and behavioral changes [Spear [2000] Neurosci. Biobehav. Rev. 24: 417-463]. Ethical constraints limit the research that can be done in human adolescents. Rodents provide a useful model of at least some of the features of adolescence, including increases in body growth, differences in sleep/wake, and eating...
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