Dietary restriction protects against chronic-ethanol-induced changes in exploratory behavior in Wistar rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1078, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 171-181

  Pinto, Lucas S N M ^a   Gualberto, Felipe A S ^a   Pereira, Silvia R C ^a   Barros, Paula A ^a   Franco, Glaura C ^a   Ribeiro, Angela M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Chronic ethanol; Dietary restriction; Exploratory behavior; Nitric oxide; Wistar rat

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALCOHOL; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RAT; REARING; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; EATING; ETHANOL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FOOD DEPRIVATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33645890276     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.12.092     Document Type: Article

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