Learning under stress in the adult rat is differentially affected by 'juvenile' or 'adolescent' stress

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 713-728

  Tsoory, Michael ^a   Richter Levin, Gal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Juvenile; Rat; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT STRESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE STRESS; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AGING; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; ELECTROSHOCK; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWIMMING;

EID: 33846333121     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1461145705006255     Document Type: Article

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