Sex differences in catalepsy: Evidence for hormone-dependent postural mechanisms in haloperidol-treated rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 207-212

  Field, Evelyn F ^a   Whishaw, Ian Q ^a   Pellis, Sergio M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Haloperidol; Hormones; Postural support; Rats; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CASTRATION; CATALEPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; JUMPING; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATALEPSY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HALOPERIDOL; HEAD-DOWN TILT; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTURE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0034070575     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(99)00174-6     Document Type: Article

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