Sex Differences in Ethanol's Anxiolytic Effect and Chronic Ethanol Withdrawal Severity in Mice with a Null Mutation of the 5α-Reductase Type 1 Gene.

abstract：:The conditioned and reflex parameters in rat lines selected for the threshold of excitability (a fundamental characteristics of the functional state of the nervous system) were estimated. This measure is based on the response of the tibial nerve to electrical stimulation, which gives a general indication of the level ...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Vaydo AI,Shiryaeva NV,Lopatina NG

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an investigation into the effects of developmental isolation from all conspecifics, the Drosophila willistoni group of six sibling species responded to differing degrees: all six are reproductively isolated from D. paulistorum, the tester species. Drosophila pavlovskiana, a narrow endemic, proved the most vulnerabl...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Kim YK,Ehrman L

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ε4 allele of the apolipoprotein (APOE) gene is a widely recognized genetic risk factor for developing Alzheimer's disease in older age. However, it is controversial whether there is a positive impact of the APOE ε4 allele on human cognitive performance in young adulthood, possibly representing a case of antagonist...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Li X,Hildebrandt A,Sommer W,Wilhelm O,Reuter M,Montag C,Zhou C

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a result of different feeding regimens, two laboratory populations of the beetle Callosobruchus maculatus Fab. developed different rates of oviposition. The behavior of the F1 hybrids cannot be explained with an additive model of inheritance. The unusual pattern of inheritance suggests a sex-related factor(s) and a...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Mark GA

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated regional grey matter (GM) density in adolescents with Down syndrome (DS) compared to age-matched controls and correlated MRI data with neuropsychological measures in the DS group. Inter-group comparisons documented several GM concentration abnormalities in the participants with DS compared to controls....

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Menghini D,Costanzo F,Vicari S

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study explored the effects of infantile stimulation (i.e., neonatal handling or NH) on the performance of 18-month-old Roman high-avoidance (RHA/Verh) and low-avoidance (RLA/Verh) rats in a swimming pool matching-to-place (SPMP) test. This test (also called repeated acquisition and place learning-set parad...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Aguilar R,Escorihuela RM,Gil L,Tobeña A,Fernández-Teruel A

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The zebrafish enjoys several advantages over other model organisms. It is small, easy to maintain, prolific, and numerous genetic tools are available for it. For example, forward genetic screens have allowed investigators to identify important genes potentially involved in a variety of functions from embryogenesis to ...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Gerlai R,Poshusta TL,Rampersad M,Fernandes Y,Greenwood TM,Cousin MA,Klee EW,Clark KJ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we provide a detailed description of the genome-wide information available on the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) sibling pair subsample (Harris et al. in Twin Res Hum Genet 16:391-398, 2013). A total of 2,020 samples were genotyped (including duplicates) arising from 1946 A...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： McQueen MB,Boardman JD,Domingue BW,Smolen A,Tabor J,Killeya-Jones L,Halpern CT,Whitsel EA,Harris KM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is considerable evidence that sex differences in spatial ability exist in adults, with males outperforming females at every age after puberty. It is difficult, however, to find sex differences in children younger than 13. This is due in part to the lack of adequate measures of spatial ability for use with childr...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Kerns KA,Berenbaum SA

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent substantive research on biometric analyses of twin and family data has used both a biometric path analysis model (PAM) and a biometric variance components model (VCM). Methodological research on these same topics have suggested benefits of using linear structural equation model algorithms (SEMA) as well as mixe...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： McArdle JJ,Prescott CA

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Callous-unemotional (CU) traits comprise the core symptoms of psychopathy, yet no study has estimated the heritability of CU traits in a community sample of children using an instrument designed solely to assess CU traits. The current study uses data from 339 twin pairs aged 9-14 to examine the reliability and heritab...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Moore AA,Carney D,Moroney E,Machlin L,Towbin KE,Brotman MA,Pine DS,Leibenluft E,Roberson-Nay R,Hettema JM

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anxiety disorders are phenotypically complex and may involve multiple genetic influences on many neurotransmitter systems. Rodent tests used to investigate genetic influences on anxiety-like phenotypes have face and predictive validity as models for anxiety in humans. If multiple genes contribute additively to a trait...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Conti LH,Jirout M,Breen L,Vanella JJ,Schork NJ,Printz MP

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used an alternate age variable, functional biological age (fBioAge), which was based on performance on functional body measures. The aim was to examine development of fBioAge across the adult life span, and to also examine potential gender differences and genetic and environmental influences on change with age. We ...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Finkel D,Sternäng O,Wahlin Å

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, we successfully apply the novel model selection method, Bayesian composite model space approach which has been used to map quantitative trait loci (QTL) for allelic substitution model, to map QTL for variance component model. The novel model selection approach has two advantages compared to the revers...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Fang M,Liu S,Jiang D

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The escape efficiency of two closely related species of frogs, Odontophrynus cultripes (2n = 22) and the tetraploid O. americanus (4n = 44), were compared in a shuttle box and under simulated naturalistic conditions. O. americanus was generally superior to O. cultripes, and females tended to outperform males within bo...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Murphey RM,Beçak W,Dias de Moraes AE

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the maternal environment on intermale aggression was studied by means of embryo transfer of genetically selected aggressive (SAL) and nonaggressive wild house mice (LAL), and their reciprocal F1's, to standard (NMR1) females. No effect was found on the attack latency scores (ALS), i.e., aggression: all g...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Sluyter F,van der Vlugt JJ,van Oortmerssen GA,Koolhaas JM,van der Hoeven F,de Boer P

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mating behavior, including courtship and copulation, is a main component of male fitness, especially in species with no parental care. Variation in this behavior can thus be a target for mate choice and sexual selection, and can lead to evolution. The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, has well-documented complex mal...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Ruedi EA,Hughes KA

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age-related changes are analyzed in the correlation of 3416 monozygotic and 3780 dizygotic U.S. twin pairs aged between 9 and 75+ years for conservatism scores derived from a 28-item social attitude inventory. The effects of the shared environment are overwhelming in twins aged 20 years or younger. In older twins, gen...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Eaves L,Martin N,Heath A,Schieken R,Meyer J,Silberg J,Neale M,Corey L

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic heritability (h2) of alcohol use is reported to be greater in rural dwellers, distressed marriages, low socioeconomic status, in girls who are unmarried or lacking closeness with their parents or religious upbringing, in less-educated men, and in adolescents with peers using alcohol. However, these are all ris...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Williams PT

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a test of whether sex differences in cognitive functioning are determined by chromosomal constitution or hormonal events, eight subjects whose phenotypic sex differed from their genotypic sex were given a standard intelligence test. The results indicated that differences between verbal and nonverbal abilities corre...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Rovet J,Netley C

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Testis specific protein, Y-encoded-like 2 (TSPYL2) regulates the expression of genes encoding glutamate receptors. Glutamate pathology is implicated in neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and schizophrenia. In line with this, a microduplicatio...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Li Q,Chan SY,Wong KK,Wei R,Leung YO,Ding AY,Hui TC,Cheung C,Chua SE,Sham PC,Wu EX,McAlonan GM

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhythm of activity of inbred mice was recorded automatically by a set of actographs. This rhythm was characterized by six indices in the temporal and frequency domains. Two methods of genetic analysis were applied to these indices using parental strains BALB/c and C57BL/6, the reciprocal F1's, and the seven recombinan...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Beau J

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The multiple regression methodology proposed by DeFries and Fulker (DF; 1985, 1988) for the analysis of twin data is compared with maximum-likelihood estimation of genetic and environmental parameters from covariance structure. Expectations for the regression coefficients from submodels omitting the h2 and c2 terms ar...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Cherny SS,DeFries JC,Fulker DW

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artificial selection was used to establish different levels of agonistic behavior in laboratory-reared wild female Mus musculus. A within-family selection design with replicated high and low lines and two nonselected control lines was employed. Females only were tested at 8 weeks of age on 2 consecutive days. Testing ...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Ebert PD,Hyde JS

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic strains of mice represent an important resource for research on the biological determinants of complex diseases and behavioral phenotypes. To date, the approaches used have had little success in identifying causal genes. We have evaluated brain gene expression in C57BL/6J (B6) and DBA/2J (D2) inbred mouse stra...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Treadwell JA,Pagniello KB,Singh SM

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic and environmental influences on problem behaviors were studied in a sample of international adoptees. Parental ratings of childrens' problem behaviors were obtained with the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). The sample (mean age, 12.4 years) comprised a group of biological siblings (111 pairs), a group of nonbi...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： van den Oord EJ,Boomsma DI,Verhulst FC

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paradise fish, a small insectivore, coinhabits marshes of Southeast Asia with several predator fish species. Its ability to recognize and avoid harmful fish may depend upon both genetic factors and experience. Here we demonstrate genetic variability between the 20-day-old larvae of two inbred strains of paradise f...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Miklósi A,Csányi V,Gerlai R

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the participants in the Netherlands Twin Register (NTR) we constructed the extended pedigrees which specify all relations among nuclear and larger twin families in the register. A total of 253,015 subjects from 58,645 families were linked to each other, to the degree that we had information on the relations among ...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Boomsma DI,Helmer Q,Nieuwboer HA,Hottenga JJ,de Moor MH,van den Berg SM,Davies GE,Vink JM,Schouten MJ,Dolan CV,Willemsen G,Bartels M,van Beijsterveldt TCEM,Ligthart L,de Geus EJ

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A complimentary two-phase strategy was used to detect and map quantitative trait loci (QTLs) associated with the basal locomotor response to a saline challenge (10 ml/kg). In phase 1, putative QTLs, significant at p < 0.01 or better, were identified by analysis of the strain means for 25 strains of the B x D recombina...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Koyner J,Demarest K,McCaughran J Jr,Cipp L,Hitzemann R

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parameters of quantitative genetic models have traditionally been estimated by either algebraic manipulation of familial correlations (or familial mean squares), biometric model fitting, or multiple-group covariance structure analysis. With few exceptions, researchers who have used these methods for the analysis of tw...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Waller NG,Muthén BO

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00