Gender and diurnal effects on specific open-field behavioral patterns in the portacaval shunted rat

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-59

  Theander, Björn ^a   Apelqvist, Gustav ^a   Bugge, Mogens ^b   Andersson, Gunnar ^c   Hindfelt, Bengt ^a   Bengtsson, Finn ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

behavior; diurnal rhythm; gender differences; Hepatic encephalopathy; open field; portacaval shunt; portal systemic encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PORTOCAVAL SHUNT; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031002260     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02676353     Document Type: Article

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