Brain metabolism of progesterone, coping behaviour and emotional reactivity in male rats from two psychogenetically selected lines

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 169-175

  Steimer, Th ^a,c   Driscoll, P ^b   Schulz, P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b Inst F Nutztierwissenschaften   (Switzerland)

^c Institutions Univ Psychiat G   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anxiolytics; Brain metabolism; Coping; Emotionality; Genetic selection; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

20ALPHA DIHYDROPROGESTERONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; TETRAHYDROPROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRONTAL CORTEX; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENESIS; RAT; STRESS; STRIA TERMINALIS; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

EID: 0030984582     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1997.t01-1-00571.x     Document Type: Article

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