Behavioural and endocrine responses of socially isolated rats to long-term diazepam treatment

Acta Veterinaria

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 291-302

  Sladana, Dronjak ^a   Nataša, Spasojević ^a   Ljubica, Gavrilović ^a   Varagic V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

ACTH; Catecholamines; Corticosterone; Diazepam; Grooming; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

RATTUS;

EID: 35248863423     PISSN: 05678315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/AVB0704291D     Document Type: Article

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