Behavioral and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal responses to anterodorsal thalami nuclei lesions and variable chronic stress in maternally separated rats

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 319-326

  Molina, Sandra M ^a   Suárez, Marta M ^a   Rivarola, María A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anterodorsal thalmi nuclei; Emotionality; Maternally separation; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DEFECATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; GROOMING; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REARING; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORTICOSTERONE; DENERVATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UP-REGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33745639030     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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