TLE

Inbr. F32 (Tsukuba, 1984).

Colour: Albino.

Genet. c.

Origin: Wistar albino rats selected for high ambulation in a bright runway out of a dark starting box (low emotionality) (see also THE).

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Characteristics

Ambulaton score under these conditions is high, with the rats reacting actively or extroversively (Fujita 1984). Longer latency, less digging activity and shorter length burrows, with few rats escaping into burrows following a loud crashing sound than TLE (Kitaoka et al, 1994).

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Fujita O. (1984) "Tsukuba Emotionality"; new selected strains. Rat News Lett. 13, 31.

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INBRED STRAINS OF RATS
Updated 9 Apr. 1998
Michael FW Festing
MRC Toxicology Unit, Hodgkin Building,
University of Leicester, UK