Behavioral differences between two inbred strains of Fawn-Hooded rat: A model of serotonin dysfunction

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 328-330

  Overstreet, David H ^a   Rezvani, Amir H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol intake; Fawn Hooded rats; Plus maze; Swim test

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SACCHARIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HYPERCORTISOLISM; INBRED STRAIN; MAZE TEST; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT STRAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SWIMMING;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; SACCHARIN; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWIMMING;

EID: 0029658371     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050141     Document Type: Article

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