Lesion of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis enhances learned despair

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 83-87

  Schulz, Daniela ^a   Canbeyli, Resit S ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

BNST; Coping behavior; Forced swim test; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; STRIA TERMINALIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ESCAPE REACTION; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; SEPTAL NUCLEI; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWIMMING;

EID: 0034658252     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(00)00235-5     Document Type: Article

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