Differential effects of nicotine in inbred and selectively bred rodents.

doi:10.1007/BF02196926

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Differential effects of nicotine in inbred and selectively bred rodents.

Behavior genetics - 1 Mar 1995

Overstreet D H

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The present review summarizes information about strain differences in the effects of nicotine. Earlier studies reported that rats selectively bred for behavioral differences (Maudsley, Roman) were differentially sensitive to the activating/depressing effects of nicotine, but few mechanistic studi...

Topics

Animals
Behavior, Animal
Cholinesterase Inhibitors
Crosses, Genetic
Drug Tolerance
Ethanol
Genetic Variation
Hypothermia
Mice
Mice, Inbred Strains
Nicotine
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Receptors, Nicotinic
Species Specificity

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