Sex differences on spontaneous alternation in prepubertal rats: Implications for an animal model of obsessive-compulsive disorder

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 687-692

  Ulloa, Rosa Elena ^a,b   Nicolini, Humberto ^c   Fernández Guasti, Alonso ^a  

^a Calzada Los Tenorios 235 Col G   (Mexico)

^b Hospital Psiquiatrico Infantil Dr Juan N Navarro   (Mexico)

^c Grupo Medico Carracci   (Mexico)

Author keywords

8 OH DPAT; 8 OH hydroxy 2 (di n propylamino) tetralin; Obsessive compulsive disorder; obsessive compulsive disorder; OCD; Ontogeny of spontaneous alternation; Persistence in a T maze; SAB; Sex differences; spontaneous alternation behavior

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; SEROTONIN 1A AGONIST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; ONTOGENY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREPUBERTY; PRESERVATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

8-HYDROXY-2-(DI-N-PROPYLAMINO)TETRALIN; AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN AGONISTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 3342956519     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2004.05.005     Document Type: Article

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