A mouse model of neurobehavioural response to altered gravity conditions: An ontogenetical study

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 109-118

  Santucci, Daniela ^a   Francia, Nadia ^a   Trincia, Valentina ^a   Chiarotti, Flavia ^a   Aloe, Luigi ^b   Alleva, Enrico ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavioural response; Development; Hypergravity; Mouse; Neurotrophins

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; KAOLIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GRAVITATIONAL STRESS; GRAVITY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTION SICKNESS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HYPERGRAVITY; KAOLIN; MALE; MICE; MOTION SICKNESS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 57649171589     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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