Neonatal stress alters habituation of exploratory behavior in adult male but not female rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 681-686

  Dubovicky M ^a   Skultetyova I ^b   Jezova D ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Exploratory behavior; Gender differences; Habituation; Handling; Monosodium L glutamate; Neonatal stress; Open field; Rat

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HABITUATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTIVATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRILIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SODIUM GLUTAMATE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0345045525     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(99)00166-5     Document Type: Article

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