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The impulsive horse: Comparing genetic, physiological and behavioral indicators to those of human addiction.
Physiology & behavior - 1 Oct 2022
McBride S D, Roberts K, Hemmings A J, Ninomiya S, Parker M O
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Stress and genotype elicit changes in impulse control in a range of species that are attributable to adaptations in both the central and peripheral nervous system. We examined aspects of this mechanism in the horse by assessing the effect of a dopamine receptor genotype (DRD4) and central dopaminergic tone (measured via spontaneous blink rate [SBR] and behavioral initiation rate [BIR]), on measures of...
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