TMD

Colour: Black.

Genet. a.

Origin: PL Broadhurst from stock selected by Tryon for poor maze learning performance. Although TMD and TS3 are derived from the same outbred stock, they were inbred independently and should be regarded as different inbred strains (Festing 1979b).

Characteristics

Festing M. F. W. (1979b) Inbred strains in biomedical research, 1st ed. Macmillan Press, London, Basingstoke.

Rick J. T., Tunnicliff G., Kerkut G. A., Fulker D. W., Wilcock J., and Broadhurst P. L. (1971) GAG production in brain cortex related to activity and avoidance behaviour in eight strains of rat. Brain Res. 32, 234-238.

Rick J. T. and Fulker D. W. (1972) Some biochemical correlates of inherited behavourial differences. Prog. Brain Res. 36, 105-112.

Russell K. E. and Stern M. H. (1973) Sex and strain as factors in voluntary alcohol intake. Physiol. Behav. 10, 641-642.