Prenatal protein malnutrition affects exploratory behavior of female rats in the elevated plus-maze test

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 675-680

  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; Elevated plus maze; Exploratory behavior; Prenatal malnutrition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; IMPULSIVENESS; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; RAT;

EID: 0030220122     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(96)00050-9     Document Type: Article

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