The Maudsley Reactive and Nonreactive strains: A new perspective

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 277-299

  Blizard, David A ^a   Adams, Nelson ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol preference; Emotionality; Maudsley strains; Open field test; Peripheral sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; HABITUATION; INBRED STRAIN; LEARNING; MALE; MAUDSLEY RAT STRAIN; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PHENOTYPE; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REVIEW; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRESS; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TASTE PREFERENCE; VOCALIZATION;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; GENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036749859     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020206120248     Document Type: Review

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