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Abnormal behaviors in the stargazer rat are maladaptive, but not anxiety related.
Physiology & behavior - 1 Jan 2000
Brock J W, Bond S P, Ross K D, Farooqui S M, Kloster C A
Abstract excerpt
The stargazer rat is an autosomal recessive mutant (homozygous stg/stg) that displays abnormal behavior, including profound hyperactivity. Heterozygous stg/+ littermates are unaffected (i.e., are nonmutants), and display normal spontaneous behaviors. Abnormal spontaneous behavior in the stargazer rats suggest that they may be more responsive than their normal littermates to external stimuli and more likely to...
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