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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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Autores principales: Brüske, Gustavo R, Vendruscolo, Leandro F, Ramos, André
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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