Naturally occurring variations in defensive burying behavior are associated with differences in central neuropeptide expression in the male rat

The shock prod defensive burying test has proven incredibly reliable and instrumental in determining the underpinnings of normal anxiety in rodents. Largely ignored in tests of defensive burying, however, is the capacity for individual animals to display marked variations in active and passive copi...

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Main Author: Linfoot, Ian
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/793