Repeated stress in combination with pyridostigmine. Part I: Long-term behavioural consequences

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 301-310

  Lamproglou, Ioannis ^a   Barbier, Laure ^b   Diserbo, Michel ^b   Fauvelle, Florence ^b   Fauquette, William ^b   Amourette, Christine ^b  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHES   (France)

Author keywords

Drug adverse effects; Learning; Memory; Pyridostigmine bromide; Rat; Repeated stress; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

AGGRESSIVENESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMPULSIVENESS; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STRESS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CHOLINESTERASES; CORTICOSTERONE; ELECTROSHOCK; ERYTHROCYTES; ESCAPE REACTION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MODELS, ANIMAL; PYRIDOSTIGMINE BROMIDE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58149350271     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.08.031     Document Type: Article

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