Changes in behaviour and in the circadian rhythms of melatonin and corticosterone in rats subjected to a forced-swimming test

Journal of Applied Biomedicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-57

  Paredes, Sergio Damián ^b   Sánchez, Soledad ^b   Rial, Rubén Vítor ^a   Rodríguez, Ana Beatriz ^b   Barriga, Carmen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Circadian rhythms; Corticosterone; Melatonin; Physical activity; Rats; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; HEMOGLOBIN; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL STRESS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 18844396362     PISSN: 1214021X     EISSN: 12140287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.32725/jab.2005.005     Document Type: Review

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