Hyperlocomotion associated with transient prenatal vitamin D deficiency is ameliorated by acute restraint

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 119-124

  Burne, Thomas H J ^a,b   O'Loan, Jonathon ^a   McGrath, John J ^a,c   Eyles, Darryl W ^a,c  

^a QUEENSLAND CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Development; Locomotor activity; Restraint; Sprague Dawley rats; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; HYPERLOCOMOTION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VIDEORECORDING; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HYPERKINESIS; LIGHT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SEX FACTORS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33748691376     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.07.015     Document Type: Article

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