Effects of pre- and postnatal exposure to 5-methoxytryptamine and early handling on an object-place association learning task in adolescent rat offspring

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 74-80

  Cannizzaro, Carla ^a   Plescia, Fulvio ^a   Gagliano, Mauro ^a   Cannizzaro, Gaspare ^a   Provenzano, Giuseppa ^a   Mantia, Giacoma ^a   Cannizzaro, Emanuele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescent rat; Learning performance; Object place association; Pre and postnatal 5MT, Early handling

Indexed keywords

5 METHOXYTRYPTAMINE; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; AVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ERROR; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

5-METHOXYTRYPTAMINE; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; SEROTONIN AGONISTS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548028680     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2007.05.012     Document Type: Article

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