Pituitary-adrenal axis and behavioural responses of maternally deprived juvenile rats to the open field

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 99-106

  Suchecki, Deborah ^a   Duarte Palma, Beatriz ^a   Tufik, Sergio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Juvenile rats; Maternal deprivation; Open field behaviours; Pituitary adrenal axis; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AROUSAL; CORTICOSTERONE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0034659637     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(00)00148-0     Document Type: Article

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