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[Analysis of possibility of genotypic correlation between fear and anxiety]
M V Khrapova1, N K Popova, D F Avgustinovich
1Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Novosibirsk.
Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deiatelnosti Imeni I P Pavlova
|September 12, 2001
Abstract:
Special features of anxious behavior in the elevated plus maze test and acoustic startle response were analyzed in 11 inbred mouse strains. A significant influence of the genotype both on the startle amplitude and behavior in the elevated plus maze was found. However, analysis of covariance did not reveal a genotype-related association between anxiety and startle amplitude. The data indicates that the fear-induced acoustic startle response and anxious behavior in the elevated plus maze (agoraphobia) are not genetically related.