Water maze performance and changes in serum corticosterone levels in zinc-deprived and pair-fed rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 78, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 569-578

  Chu, Y ^a   Mouat, M F ^a   Harris, R B S ^a   Coffield, J A ^b   Grider, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Learning; Long term memory; Morris water maze; Short term memory; Thigmotaxia

Indexed keywords

WATER; ZINC;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET THERAPY; FOOD DEPRIVATION; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWIMMING; THIGMOTAXIA; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0038694788     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(03)00041-6     Document Type: Article

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