A genetic and multifactorial analysis of anxiety-related behaviours in Lewis and SHR intercrosses.

doi:10.1016/s0166-4328(98)00023-0

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A genetic and multifactorial analysis of anxiety-related behaviours in Lewis and SHR intercrosses.

Behavioural brain research - 1 Nov 1998

Ramos A, Mellerin Y, Mormède P, Chaouloff F

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Lewis (LEW) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) have been shown to differ in a series of fear-related behaviours measured in different anxiety/emotionality tests. In the present study, we have investigated some of the genetic mechanisms underlying these differences. To this end, male and fe...

Topics

Analysis of Variance
Animals
Anxiety
Blood Pressure
Exploratory Behavior
Female
Male
Phenotype
Rats
Rats, Inbred Lew
Rats, Inbred SHR
Species Specificity

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