The effects of adrenalectomy and corticosterone replacement on induction of maternal behavior in the virgin female rat

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 337-345

  Rees, Stephanie L ^a   Panesar, Sonia ^a   Steiner, Meir ^b   Fleming, Alison S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adrenalectomy; Corticosterone; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Maternal behavior; Rat; Virgin maternal sensitization

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; DRINKING WATER;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; LICKING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADRENALECTOMY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME;

EID: 32544449768     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.08.012     Document Type: Article

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