A post-training intrahippocampal anxiogenic dose of the neurosteroid pregnenolone sulfate impairs passive avoidance retention

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-131

  Martin Garcia E ^a   Pallares M ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE NEUROCIÈNCIES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Anxiety; Hippocampus; Neurosteroids; Open field test; Passive avoidance; Pregnenolone sulfate

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOTSHOCK; HIPPOCAMPUS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEDATION; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

EID: 54849420469     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-008-1506-6     Document Type: Article

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