Differences in affective behaviors and hippocampal allopregnanolone levels in adult rats of lines selectively bred for infantile vocalizations

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 301-311

  Zimmerberg, Betty ^a   Brunelli, Susan A ^b   Fluty, Alyssa J ^a   Frye, Cheryl A ^c  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

3 ; 3 Hydroxy 5 pregnan 20 one; 5 THP; Allopregnanolone; Distress calls; Neurosteroid; Selective breeding; Stress; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; NEUROSTEROID;

AFFECT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DIESTRUS; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 16244377706     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2004.11.009     Document Type: Article

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