Sex differences in the effects of muramyl dipeptide and lipopolysaccharide on locomotor activity and the development of behavioral tolerance in rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 433-447

  Engeland, Christopher G ^a   Kavaliers, Martin ^a   Ossenkopp, Klaus Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

ACTH; Body weight; Corticosterone; Infection; Inflammation; Open field; Sex hormones; Sickness behavior; Spleen weight; Thigmotaxis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MURAMYL DIPEPTIDE; CORTICOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; N ACETYLMURAMYLALANYL DEXTRO ISOGLUTAMINE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TOLERANCE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; INJECTION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTERACTION; LONG EVANS RAT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORGAN SIZE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ACETYLMURAMYL-ALANYL-ISOGLUTAMINE; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG TOLERANCE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0037212414     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(02)01024-9     Document Type: Article

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