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Effects of cross-fostering on alcohol preference and correlated responses to selection in high- and low-alcohol-preferring mice.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Dec 2012
Barrenha Gustavo D, Chester Julia A
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BACKGROUND: Selectively bred rodent lines are valuable tools for investigating gene × environment interactions related to risk for alcoholism in humans. Early maternal environment is one particular factor known for critically influencing neural, hormonal, and behavioral outcomes in adulthood. Cross-fostering is a procedure that may be used to explore the role of genotype-dependent maternal influences on...
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