Plasma ACTH levels during early, two-way avoidance acquisition in high- and low-avoidance rats (Hatano strains)

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 137-144

  Ohta, Ryo ^a   Shirota, Mariko ^a   Adachi, Tomoko ^a   Tohei, Atsushi ^b   Taya, Kazuyoshi ^b  

^a HATANO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ACTH; Adrenal weight; Corticosterone; Hatano rat strains; Intertrial response; Two way active avoidance

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PHENOTYPE; RAT;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; RATS;

EID: 0032983327     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021616723969     Document Type: Article

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