Lateralized sex differences in stress-induced dopamine release in the rat

NeuroReport

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-232

  Sullivan, Ron M ^a   Dufresne, Marc M ^a   Waldron, Jay ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Amygdala; Depression; Dopamine; Emotion; Lateralization; Paw preference; Prefrontal; Stress; Voltammetry

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DOPAMINE RELEASE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IN VIVO STUDY; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; POTENTIOMETRY; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOPAMINE; EMOTIONS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 62149089244     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3283196b3e     Document Type: Article

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