Prenatal exposure to diazepam and alprazolam, but not to zolpidem, affects behavioural stress reactivity in handling-naïve and handling-habituated adult male rat progeny

Brain Research

Volumn 953, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 170-180

  Cannizzaro, Carla ^a   Martire, Maria ^b   Steardo, Luca ^a   Cannizzaro, Emanuele ^a   Gagliano, Mauro ^a   Mineo, Angelo ^a   Provenzano, Giuseppa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

BDZ R agonist; Handling; Prenatal treatment; Rats; Stress related behavior

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALPRAZOLAM; DIAZEPAM; PICROTOXIN; ZOLPIDEM;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMOBILIZATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; SCALE UP; SEIZURE; STARTLE REFLEX; STRESS; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; ALPRAZOLAM; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONVULSANTS; DIAZEPAM; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GABA AGONISTS; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PICROTOXIN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PYRIDINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFLEX; STARTLE REACTION; STRESS; SWIMMING;

EID: 0037145750     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)03282-1     Document Type: Article

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