Differential prepuberal handling modifies behaviour and excitatory amino acids in the forebrain of the Naples High-Excitability rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-36

  Ruocco, L A ^a   Carnevale, U A Gironi ^a   Sica, A ^a   Arra, C ^c   Topo, E ^b   Di Giovanni, M ^b   D'Aniello, A ^b   Sadile, A G ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Animal model; Behavioural phenotype; Plasticity; Postnatal development; Sensory deprivation

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID;

AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; EMOTIONALITY; FOREBRAIN; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REARING; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CORPUS STRIATUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACIDS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 58549099503     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.09.028     Document Type: Article

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