Effects of melanotan II, a melanocortin agonist, on grooming and exploration in rats after repeated restraint/immobilization

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 432, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 202-205

  Klenerová, Věra ^a   Krejčí, Ivan ^a   Šída, Pavel ^a   Hliňák, Zdeněk ^a   Hynie, Sixtus ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Exploratory behavior of rats; Grooming; Immobilization; Melanotan II; Open field testing

Indexed keywords

INTERMEDIN DERIVATIVE; MELANOCORTIN; MELANOTAN II; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; GROOMING; IMMOBILIZATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REARING; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STRESS;

ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GROOMING; MALE; MELANOCORTINS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 39149144457     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.12.020     Document Type: Article

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