(+)-Methamphetamine increases corticosterone in plasma and BDNF in brain more than forced swim or isolation in neonatal rats

Synapse

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 110-121

  Grace, Curtis E ^a   Schaefer, Tori L ^a   Herring, Nicole R ^a   Skelton, Matthew R ^a   McCrea, Anne E ^b   Vorhees, Charles V ^a   Williams, Michael T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SINCLAIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF; Corticosterone; Forced swim; Maternal isolation; Nerve growth factor; Sexual dimorphism; Stress hyporesponsive period

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; METHAMPHETAMINE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING DISORDER; NEOSTRIATUM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37549040911     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: 10982396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.20470     Document Type: Article

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