Rats, Long-Evans - Psychology
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Relative potency and effectiveness of flunitrazepam, ethanol, and beta-CCE for disrupting the acquisition and retention of response sequences in rats.

30 Jan 2009 Despite the knowledge that gamma-aminobutyric acid(A) modulators can affect learning and memory, their capacity for disrupting each of these complex processes is rarely compared, and often mistakenly assumed to occur with identical potency. For ... Read more...

Sex differences in object location memory and spatial navigation in Long-Evans rats.

10 Jun 2007 In both humans and rodents, males typically excel on a number of tasks requiring spatial ability. However, human females exhibit advantages in memory for the spatial location of objects. This study investigated whether rats would exhibit similar sex ... Read more...

Explorations of coping strategies, learned persistence, and resilience in Long-Evans rats: innate versus acquired characteristics.

29 Nov 2006 In the current investigation, predispositions for coping styles (i.e., passive, flexible, and active) were determined in juvenile male rats. In subsequent behavioral tests, flexible copers exhibited more active responses. In another study, animals ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Rats, Long-Evans - Psychology'

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• Relative potency and effectiveness of flunitrazepam, ethanol, and beta-CCE for disrupting the acquisition and retention of response sequences in rats. 30 Jan 2009
• Sex differences in object location memory and spatial navigation in Long-Evans rats. 10 Jun 2007
• Explorations of coping strategies, learned persistence, and resilience in Long-Evans rats: innate versus acquired characteristics. 29 Nov 2006
• Motion perception in rats (Rattus norvegicus sp.): deficits in albino Wistar rats compared to pigmented Long-Evans rats. 22 Mar 2006
• Breeding for 50-kHz positive affective vocalization in rats. 30 Dec 2004
• Memory for timing visual and auditory signals in albino and pigmented rats. 30 Dec 2004
• Behavior of the gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica) in the open field and in response to a new object, in comparison with the rat. 12 Jul 2003
• Socially transmitted food preferences can be used to study long-term memory in rats. 29 Apr 2003
• "Spatial memory in Long Evans and Rattus Norvegicus rats". 30 Dec 2002
• Demonstration of a socially transmitted flavor aversion in rats? Kuan and Colwill (1997) revisited. 29 Nov 2000
• Spontaneous behavior of the gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica) in the elevated plus-maze: comparison with Long-Evans rats. 30 Dec 1999
• Mechanisms underlying the absence of the pubertal shift in the playful defense of female rats. 30 Aug 1998

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Technical information about 'Rats, Long-Evans'

Definition: An outbred strain of rats developed in 1915 by crossing several Wistar Institute white females with a wild gray male. Inbred strains have been derived from this original outbred strain, including Long-Evans cinnamon rats (RATS, INBRED LEC) and Otsuka-Long-Evans-Tokushima Fatty rats (RATS, INBRED OLETF), which are models for Wilson's disease and non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, respectively.

Descriptor UI: D020318

Alternative terms: Rats, Long-Evans; Long-Evans Rats; Long Evans Rats; Evans Rats, Long; Rats, Long Evans;

Related Mesh Headings: Rats, Inbred LEC; Rats, Inbred OLETF;

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities; anatomy & histology; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; classification; embryology; genetics; growth & development; immunology; injuries; metabolism; microbiology; parasitology; physiology; psychology; surgery; urine; virology;

Tree Number: B01.150.900.649.865.635.505.700.500;

History Note: 99

Technical Notes: NIM when exper animal; check tag RATS