Corticosterone is involved in foot shock-induced inactivity in rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 795-801

  Báez, Marisel ^a   Siriczman, Irene ^a   Volosin, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Dexamethasone; Escape failures; Inactivity; Inescapable shcok; Metyrapone; Shuttle box

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; METYRAPONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; IMMOBILIZATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHOCK; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030249872     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(96)00025-X     Document Type: Article

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