Genetic correlation between innate alcohol preference and fear-potentiated startle in selected mouse lines

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1081-1088

  Barrenha, Gustavo D ^a   Chester, Julia A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Ethanol; Fear Potentiated Startle; Genetics; Selected Lines

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; FOOTSHOCK; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LEARNING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STARTLE REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MALE; MICE; MICE, CONGENIC; MODELS, GENETIC; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK FACTORS; SELECTION (GENETICS); STARTLE REACTION;

MUS;

EID: 34250621921     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2007.00396.x     Document Type: Article

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