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Addiction Medicine
Study in rats finds no connection between anxiety and alcohol use
January 25th, 2005
A study conducted in two pairs of rat lines didn't show a connection between in-born anxiety and alcohol use. "The relationship between anxiety-related behaviors and voluntary ethanol intake was examined in two pairs of rat lines by the oral ethanol self-administration procedure. Floripa high (H) and low (L) rats selectively bred for contrasting anxiety responses in the open-field test, and two inbred strains, spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and Lewis rats, which are known to differ significantly when submitted to several behavioral tests of anxiety/emotionality, were used (9-10 animal s/line/sex)," explained G.E. Da Silva and colleagues, University Federal Santa...
Source: Life Science Weekly (2005-01-25)
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