Sensitivity to food and cocaine cues are independent traits in a large sample of heterogeneous stock rats
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-80798-w
Abstract: Sensitivity to cocaine and its associated stimuli (“cues”) are important factors in the development and maintenance of addiction. Rodent studies suggest that this sensitivity is related, in part, to the propensity to attribute incentive salience… read more here.
Keywords: heterogeneous stock; stock rats; cocaine; food ... See more keywords
The regulatory landscape of multiple brain regions in outbred heterogeneous stock rats
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DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac912
Abstract: Heterogeneous Stock (HS) rats are a genetically diverse outbred rat population that is widely used for studying genetics of behavioral and physiological traits. Mapping Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) associated with transcriptional changes would help to… read more here.
Keywords: brain regions; regulatory landscape; brain; heterogeneous stock ... See more keywords