Effects of postweaning undernutrition on exploratory behavior, memory and sensory reactivity in rats: Implication of the dopaminergic system

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 195-202

  Alamy, Meryem ^a   Errami, Mohammed ^b   Taghzouti, Khalid ^c   Saddiki Traki, Fatima ^c   Bengelloun, Wail A ^b,c  

^a Faculty of Science   (Morocco)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Learning; Memory; Open field activity; Radial maze; Rat; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE; HALOPERIDOL; HOMOVANILLIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HYPERACTIVITY; LEARNING; MALNUTRITION; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TAIL FLICK TEST; WEANING;

EID: 24944436290     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2005.07.008     Document Type: Article

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