Anxiolytic-like effects of short-term postnatal protein malnutrition in the elevated plus-maze test

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 310-314

  Françolin Silva, Ana Laura ^a   da Silva Hernandes, Andréa ^a   Fukuda, Marisa Tomoe Hebihara ^a   Valadares, Camila Tavares ^a   Almeida, Sebastião Sousa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Diazepam; Elevated plus maze; Rats; Short term postnatal protein malnutrition

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; RAT; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; DIAZEPAM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 33747872049     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.06.042     Document Type: Article

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