Acute behavioural effects of corticosterone lack specificity but show marked context-dependency

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 515-518

  Haller, Jozsef ^a   Albert, Ibolya ^a   Makara, Gabor B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aggression; Behaviour; Corticosterone; Rat; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EXCITABILITY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REST; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STROKE; THREAT; TIME;

EID: 0030844804     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1997.00603.x     Document Type: Article

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