Diurnal and gender effects by chronic portacaval shunting in rats on spontaneous locomotor and rearing activities in an open-field

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 25-32

  Apelqvist, Gustav ^a   Hindfelt, Bengt ^a   Andersson, Gunnar ^b   Bengtsson, Finn ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Pharmacia Oncology Immunology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diurnal rhythm; Gender; Hepatic encephalopathy; Locomotor activity; Open field behaviour; Rearing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PORTOCAVAL SHUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REARING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PORTACAVAL SHUNT, SURGICAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 18144446046     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)00132-0     Document Type: Article

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