Administration of D,L-fenfluramine to rats produces learning deficits in the Cincinnati water maze but not the Morris water maze: Relationship to adrenal cortical output

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 783-796

  Williams, Michael T ^a   Morford, LaRonda L ^a   McCrea, Anne E ^b   Wood, Sandra L ^a   Vorhees, Charles V ^a  

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

^b SINCLAIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Adrenalectomy; Aldosterone; Cincinnati water maze; Corticosterone; Morris water maze; Sequential learning; Spatial learning; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; FENFLURAMINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ALDOSTERONE; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; FENFLURAMINE; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; STRESS; UP-REGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036853544     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(02)00318-5     Document Type: Article

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