Chronic aerial exposure to glucorticoids or beta-agonists affects avoidance learning and exploratory motivation in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-105

  Elías, Pedro C ^a   Sagua, Delia ^a   Alvarez, Edgardo O ^b  

^a Universidad Nacional de Cuyo Facultad de Ciencias Medicas   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Avoidance response; Elevated asymmetric plus maze; Exploratory activity; Forced ventilation; Glucocorticoid; Learning

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID; SALBUTAMOL;

AIR CONDITIONING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; LUNG ARTERY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MOTIVATION; NEBULIZER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0346671123     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(03)00222-5     Document Type: Article

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