Prenatal protein malnutrition affects avoidance but not escape behavior in the elevated T-maze test

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 191-195

  Almeida, S S ^a   Tonkiss, J ^b   Galler, J R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Avoidance; Elevated T maze; Escape; Prenatal malnutrition; Rat

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MAZE TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RAT; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030185263     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(95)02209-0     Document Type: Article

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