Differential behavioral and endocrinological effects of corticotropin- releasing hormone (CRH) in the Syracuse high- and low-avoidance rats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 262-267

  Gupta, Priti ^a   Brush, F Robert ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animals; CER; Conditioned fear; Corticosterone; CRH; Syracuse high and low avoidance

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; FEAR; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0032407116     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1998.1482     Document Type: Article

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