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Two inbred rat strains contrasting for anxiety-related behaviors show similar levels of defensive responses to cat odor
Rodents are known to display fear-related responses when exposed to the odor of natural predators, such as cats, even when they are totally naïve to these stimuli. Based on that, a behavioral test in which rats are exposed to cat odor has been developed and proposed to model some forms of anxiety. T...
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BioMed Central
2007
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1855343/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17433104 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1744-9081-3-17 |