Decreased anxiety-like behavior and locomotor/exploratory activity, and modulation in hypothalamus, hippocampus, and frontal cortex redox profile in sexually receptive female rats after short-term exposure to male chemical cues

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 263-270

  Behr, Guilherme Antônio ^a   Motta, Leonardo Lisbôa da ^a   Oliveira, Marcos Roberto de ^a   Oliveira, Max William Soares ^a   Hoff, Mariana Leivas Müller ^a   Silvestrin, Roberta Bristot ^a   Moreira, José Cláudio Fonseca ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antioxidant defenses; Chemical cues; Female behavior; Frontal cortex; Hippocampus; Hypothalamus; Redox profile

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CATALASE; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SEX PHEROMONE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; THIOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BED; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; OVARY CYCLE; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; TISSUE SECTION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ANXIETY; CUES; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 61349196177     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.11.047     Document Type: Article

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