Avoidance as expectancy in rats: Sex and strain differences in acquisition

Avoidance as expectancy in rats: Sex and strain differences in acquisition

Avoidance is a core feature of anxiety disorders and factors which increase avoidance expression or its resistance represent a source of vulnerability for anxiety disorders. Outbred female Sprague Dawley (SD) rats and inbred male and female Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats expressing behaviorally inhibited (...

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Main Authors: Pelin eAvcu, Xilu eJiao, Catherine E. Myers, Kevin D. Beck, Kevin C. H. Pang, Richard J. Servatius
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Subjects:
Anxiety
Vulnerability
behavioral inhibition
expectancy
Wistar Kyoto (WKY)
lever-press avoidance
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00334/full

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