Central ghrelin increases anxiety in the Open Field test and impairs retention memory in a passive avoidance task in neonatal chicks

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 402-407

  Carvajal, Pedro ^a   Carlini, Valeria P ^a   Schiöth, Helgi B ^b   de Barioglio, Susana R ^a   Salvatierra, Nancy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Food intake; Gallus gallus domesticus; Memory retention; One trial passive avoidance; Open Field test

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANXIETY; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHICKENS; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GHRELIN; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 62949215470     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2008.12.008     Document Type: Article

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