Effects of ovariectomy and estradiol on acoustic startle responses in rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 103-109

  Vaillancourt, Cathy ^a   Cyr, Michel ^b,c   Rochford, Joseph ^a   Boksa, Patricia ^a   Di Paolo, Thérèse ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle; Dopamine; Estradiol; Menopause; Ovariectomy; Prepulse inhibition

Indexed keywords

APOMORPHINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; MENOPAUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; APOMORPHINE; BODY WEIGHT; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STARTLE REACTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036887422     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(02)00967-X     Document Type: Article

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