Effects of inhibiting neonatal methamphetamine-induced corticosterone release in rats by adrenal autotransplantation on later learning, memory, and plasma corticosterone levels

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 331-342

  Grace, Curtis E ^a,b   Schaefer, Tori L ^a,b   Graham, Devon L ^a,b   Skelton, Matthew R ^a,b   Williams, Michael T ^a,b   Vorhees, Charles V ^a,b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HT; Adrenal autotransplantation; Adrenalectomy; Allocentric learning; Brain development; Cincinnati water maze; Corticosterone; Egocentric learning; Methamphetamine; Morris water maze; Neonatal rat; Reference memory; Serotonin; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; CORTICOSTERONE; METHAMPHETAMINE; SEROTONIN;

ADRENAL AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE RESPONSE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEONATAL STRESS; NEOSTRIATUM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFERENCE MEMORY; SEROTONIN RELEASE;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; CORTICOSTERONE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; METHAMPHETAMINE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

RATTUS;

EID: 77952886095     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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