Selective breeding for divergence in novelty-seeking traits: Heritability and enrichment in spontaneous anxiety-related behaviors

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 697-712

  Stead, John D H ^a   Clinton, Sarah ^b   Neal, Charles ^c   Schneider, Johanna ^b   Jama, Abas ^b   Miller, Sue ^b   Vazquez, Delia M ^b   Watson, Stanley J ^b   Akil, Huda ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

High responder; Individual differences; Low responder; Reactivity to novelty; Selective breeding; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BREEDING; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HIGH RESPONDER; LOCOMOTION; LOW RESPONDER; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOVELTY SEEKING BEHAVIOR; OUTBRED STRAIN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SELECTIVE BREEDING; STRESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BREEDING; DARKNESS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; LIGHT; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCTION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33746869655     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-006-9058-7     Document Type: Article

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