WKHA rats with genetic hyperactivity and hyperreactivity to stress: A review

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-44

  Hendley, Edith D ^a  

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

Author keywords

Behavior; Hyperactivity; Hyperreactivity; Inbred rats; Neurochemistry; Neuroendocrines; WKHA

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MONOAMINE; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL MODEL; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BREEDING; CATECHOLAMINE UPTAKE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOPAMINE UPTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SELECTION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INBRED STRAIN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RATS, INBRED WKY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033957872     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(99)00050-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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