Chronic corticosterone administration in rats: Behavioral and biochemical evidence of increased central dopaminergic activity

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 1986, Pages 329-338

  Wolkowitz, Owen ^a   Sutton, Mary ^a   Koulo, Markku ^a   Labarca, Rodrigo ^a   Wilkinson, Lynn ^a   Doran, Allen ^a   Hauger, Richard ^a   Pickar, David ^a   Crawley, Jacqueline ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Dopamine; Habituation; Locomotion; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; DOPAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BEHAVIOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; LOCOMOTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; BIOGENIC AMINES; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CORTICOSTERONE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE;

EID: 0022521340     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(86)90413-9     Document Type: Article

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