Wistar Kyoto Rats Display Anhedonia In Consumption but Retain Some Sensitivity to the Anticipation of Palatable Solutions

The Wistar Kyoto (WKY) rat has been proposed as a model of depression-like symptoms. However, anhedonia—a reduction in the response to normatively rewarding events—as a central depression symptom has yet to be fully assessed in this model. We compared WKY rats and Wistar controls, with stress-suscep...

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Main Authors: Rebecca L. Wright, Gary Gilmour, Dominic M. Dwyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Subjects:
WKY
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnbeh.2020.00070/full