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Environmental enrichment effects on the neurobehavioral profile of selective outbred trait anxiety rats.
Behavioural brain research - 1 Sept 2013
Ravenelle Rebecca, Byrnes Elizabeth M, Byrnes John J, McInnis Christine, Park Jin Ho, Donaldson S Tiffany
Abstract excerpt
Environmental enrichment attenuates the response to psychostimulants and has been shown to reduce both anxiety and stress-related behaviors. Since stress is a major vulnerability factor for addiction, we investigated whether enrichment could reverse stress profiles in high anxious rats as well as reduce their amphetamine sensitivity. Using selectively-bred high and low anxiety males (filial 3) from enriched,...
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