Relation between startle reactivity and sucrose avidity in two rat strains bred for differential seizure susceptibility

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 229, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 259-263

  Runke, Dwayne ^a   McIntyre, Dan C ^a   St Onge, Veronique ^a   Gilby, Krista L ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ADHD; Anxiety; Genetic selection; Impulsivity; Kindling; Startle response; Strains; Sucrose consumption

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAST RAT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SEIZURE; SLOW RAT; STARTLE REFLEX; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUGAR INTAKE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FOOD PREFERENCES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; RATS; SEIZURES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STARTLE REACTION; SUCROSE;

EID: 79956145617     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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