Behavioural and neurochemical responses of male and female chicks to cat odour

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-91

  Fluck, Emma ^b   Hogg, Sandy ^a,b   Mabbutt, Peter S ^b   File, Sandra E ^b  

^a SANOFI   (France)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 HT; anxiety; benzodiazepine; fear; GABA; poultry

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINOOXYACETIC ACID; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; DIAZEPAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; PARGYLINE; RADIOISOTOPE; SEROTONIN;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID UPTAKE; ADAPTATION; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR; CAT; CHICKEN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEAR; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029879309     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0091-3057(95)02170-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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