Changes in lateral septal nucleus neuron firing rate and coping with forced swim during gestation in the Wistar rat

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1219-1225

  Contreras, Carlos M ^a,b   Gutiérrez García, Ana G ^b,c   Bernal Morales, Blandina ^b   Rodríguez Landa, Juan Francisco ^b   Muñoz lópez, Daniel ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Instituto de Neuroetología   (Mexico)

^c Facultad de Psicología   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

coping; despair; forced swim test; gestation; lateral septal nucleus; open field test; rat; Rattus norvegicus

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; HORMONE; IMMOBILIZATION; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREGNANCY; RODENT; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 51549102166     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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