Repeated low level formaldehyde exposure produces enhanced fear conditioning to odor in male, but not female, rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1008, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-19

  Sorg, Barbara A ^a   Swindell, Samantha ^a   Tschirgi, Matthew L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fear conditioning; Formaldehyde; Multiple chemical sensitivity; Neural basis of behavior; Olfactory; Panic disorder; Sex difference; Stress

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; SEX HORMONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOCK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STIMULUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; MALE; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1842815282     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.02.015     Document Type: Article

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