Physiological and behavioral effects of chronic intracerebroventricular infusion of corticotropin-releasing factor in the rat

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 297-309

  Buwalda, Bauke ^a   De Boer, S F ^a   Van Kalkeren, A A ^a   Koolhaas, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activity; Body temperature; Brain; CRF or CRH; Daily rhythm; Stress; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERTHERMIA; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; INFUSION PUMPS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030764217     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(97)00032-2     Document Type: Article

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