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The Maudsley Reactive and Nonreactive strains of rats: A survey

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Experiments with two strains of rats, the Maudsley Reactive and Nonreactive, developed in London, England, and which were performed during 1964–1974 by a variety of investigators are summarized in a table. It is concluded that the results support the strains' standing as exemplars of differences in emotional reactivity.

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This paper is dedicated on his sixty-fifth birthday to Calvin S. Hall, one of the pioneers of psychogenetics on whose foundations the next generation of workers has, typically, built.

The preparation of this paper was supported in part by a grant from the (British) Medical Research Council to Professor J. L. Jinks and the writer, and in part by the latter's Resident Fellowship at NIAS (Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study) for 1973–1974.

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Broadhurst, P.L. The Maudsley Reactive and Nonreactive strains of rats: A survey. Behav Genet 5, 299–319 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01073201

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