Behavioral differences in three Wistar Han rat lines for emotional reactivity, cognitive processing and ethanol intake

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 110-111, Issue , 2013, Pages 102-108

  Goepfrich, Anja A ^a   Gluch, Christian ^a   Friemel, Chris M ^a   Schneider, Miriam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognition; Emotional behavior; Ethanol; Rat lines; Reward intake; Wistar

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; QUININE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; BREEDING LINE; COGNITION; EMOTION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PALATABILITY; PHENOTYPE; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION; STARTLE REFLEX;

EID: 84872846444     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.12.019     Document Type: Article

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