Sex-specific modulation of anxiety and locomotion after neonatal exposure to pregnenolone sulfate

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 779-786

  Jorge, Juan Carlos ^a   González, Loida ^b   Fortis, Azarhí ^a   Cruz, Nelson D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Elevated plus maze; Locomotor behaviors; Neurosteroids; Pregnenolone sulfate; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

PREGNENOLONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

EID: 11844306615     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2004.09.017     Document Type: Article

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