Genetic differences in leverpress escape/avoidance conditioning in seven mouse strains

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 110-114

  Brennan, F X ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Escape avoidance; Genetics; Mice; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; INBRED STRAIN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, OUTBRED STRAINS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ESCAPE REACTION; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1642503718     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2003.0057.x     Document Type: Article

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