Effect of prenatal stress on plasma corticosterone and catecholamines in response to footshock in rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 439-444

  Weinstock, M ^a   Poltyrev, T ^a   Schorer Apelbaum, D ^a   Men, D ^b   McCarty, R ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenaline; Corticosterone; Footshock; Noradrenaline; Plasma levels; Rats

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLETHYLENE GLYCOL; ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTERONE; DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; DOPA; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHOCK; STRESS;

EID: 0031713842     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(98)00056-0     Document Type: Article

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