Responses to novelty stress in female F344 rats: Effects of age and d-fenfluramine treatment

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 641-647

  Handa, Robert J ^a   George, Magdelena ^a   Gordon, Ben H ^b   Campbell, D Bruce ^b   Lorens, Stanley A ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Servier Research and Development   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACTH; Aging; Corticosterone; d Fenfluramine; Dopamine; Female F 344 rat; Medial frontal cortex; Norepinephrine; Prolactin; Serotonin; Stress

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 4 HYDROXY 3 METHOXYPHENYLETHYLENE GLYCOL; CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXFENFLURAMINE; DOPAMINE; DRUG METABOLITE; NORADRENALIN; NORFENFLURAMINE; PROLACTIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

AGE; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MONOAMINE METABOLISM; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; TURNOVER TIME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029922040     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0091-3057(95)02064-0     Document Type: Article

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