Effect of in utero exposure to betamethasone on motivation/anxiety testing in mice offspring

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 475-481

  Rayburn, William F ^a,b   Christensen, H Dix ^a,b   Gonzalez, Christina L ^a   Rayburn, Lindsay A ^a   Stewart, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety motivation; Betamethasone; Mouse behavior

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BETAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOTIVATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031877391     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(97)00131-1     Document Type: Article

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