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Adrenal, brain, pituitary, spleen, thymus, and thyroid weights were obtained for 577 rats from 12 inbred strains: ACI, A990, A35322, F344, INR, IR, MNR/Har, MNRA, MR/Har, TS1, TS3, WAG. The results provide parametric data for methodological use and add to the standardization of these strains as behaviorally defined lines.
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Harrington, G.M., Hellwig, L.R. Strain differences in organ weights of behaviorally defined rats. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 13, 167–169 (1979). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335049
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