Brattleboro

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Brattle +‎ -boro, named after Major-General William Brattle. ==== Proper noun ==== Brattleboro A town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. ===== Alternative forms ===== (archaic) Brattleborough === Etymology 2 === The strain was developed by Henry Schroeder and technician Tim Vinton in West Brattleboro, Vermont, beginning in 1961, for Dartmouth Medical School. ==== Noun ==== Brattleboro (plural Brattleboros) A kind of rat used in medical research, having a naturally-occurring genetic mutation that prevents it from producing vasopressin. 1978, M. A. Corner, International Summer School of Brain Research, Maturation of the Nervous System: Proceedings (page 329) Vasopressin is not detectable in the posterior pituitary of the homozygous Brattleboros.