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Basal anxiety negatively correlates with vulnerability to ethanol-induced behavioral sensitization in DBA/2J mice: modulation by diazepam.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Jan 2015
Botia Béatrice, Legastelois Rémi, Houchi Hakim, Naassila Mickaël
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BACKGROUND: Anxiety disorders predispose individuals to the development of alcohol dependence in humans. Surprisingly, whether anxiety is a trait influencing the development of alcohol-related behaviors in rodents remains controversial. Here, we addressed the hypothesis of a relationship between basal anxiety levels and the development of ethanol (EtOH)-induced behavioral sensitization (EIBS), a model of...
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