Prenatal malnutrition alters diazepam-mediated suppression of ultrasonic vocalizations in an age dependent manner

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 337-343

  Tonkiss, John ^a   Galler, Janina ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiolytic; Benzodiazepine; GABAA receptor; Prenatal protein malnutrition; Rat; Ultrasonic vocalization

Indexed keywords

CASEIN; DIAZEPAM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; RAT; ULTRASOUND; VOCALIZATION;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; DIAZEPAM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; ULTRASONICS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 34548666020     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.11.018     Document Type: Article

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