Sex differences in tail-flick latency of non-stressed and stressed rats

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1383-1395

  Ribeiro, Sady ^a   Yang, Pamela ^a   Reyes Vazquez, Cruz ^b   Swann, Alan ^a   Dafny, Nachum ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Non stress; Sex differences; Sprague Dawley rats; Stress; Tail flick latency

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; TAIL FLICK TEST;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MOVEMENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; REST; SEX FACTORS; STRESS; TAIL; WATER;

EID: 24744468014     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450590956404     Document Type: Article

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