Changes in tonic immobility and the GABA-benzodiazepine system in response to handling in the chick

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 269-274

  Fluck, Emma ^a   Hogg, Sandy ^a   Jones, R Bryan ^b   Bourne, Rachel ^c   File, Sandra E ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Binding; GABA(A); Handling; Neurotransmitter release; Poultry; Tonic immobility

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; TONIC IMMOBILITY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHICKENS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MOVEMENT; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0030844849     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(96)00554-0     Document Type: Article

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