Effects of gestational allopregnanolone administration in rats bred for high affective behavior

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 212-217

  Zimmerberg, Betty ^a   Martinez, Ashley R ^a   Skudder, Carolyn M ^a   Killien, Elizabeth Y ^a   Robinson, Shivon A ^a   Brunelli, Susan A ^b  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

3 ,5 THP; 3 hydroxy 5 pregnan 20 one; Allopregnanolone; Anxiety; Plus maze; Porsolt; Sex differences; Ultrasonic vocalizations; USV

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VOCALIZATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MAZE LEARNING; MOOD DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANOLONE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SWIMMING; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 72649084670     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.05.014     Document Type: Article

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