title: [Behavioral characteristics of female Wag/Rij rats].
abstract: Behavior of male and female WAG/Rij and Wistar rats was compared in the tests assessing the level of anxiety (light-dark choice, open field) and depression-like state (sucrose intake and preference, forced swimming). Females of WAG/Rij rats like males of the same strain exhibited symptoms of depression-like behavior: increased immobility in the forced swimming test and decreased sucrose intake and preference (anhedonia). In contrast to males, females of WAG/Rij rats displayed more distinct signs of increased anxiety as compared to Wistar rats. Both WAG/Rij and Wistar females exhibited increased locomotor and exploratory activity in the open field as compared to males.
authors.forename: K Iu
authors.initials: KIu
authors.lastname: Sarkisova
mesh_terms: D059445:Anhedonia; D000818:Animals; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005106:Exploratory Behavior; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012737:Sex Factors