Relation of exploratory behaviour to plasma corticosterone and Wfs1 gene expression in Wistar rats

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 905-913

  Sutt S ^a,b   Raud, S ^a,b   Abramov, U ^a,b   Innos, J ^a,b   Luuk, H ^a,b   Plaas, M ^a,b   Koks S ^a,b   Zilmer, K ^a   Mahlapuu, R ^a   Zilmer, M ^a   Vasar, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b Centre of Excellence for Translational Medicine   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Corticosterone; Elevated plus maze; Endocannabinoid related genes; Exploratory behaviour; Oxidative stress index; Wfs1 gene

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; CORTICOSTERONE; ENDOCANNABINOID; MESSENGER RNA; PEROXIDE; PROTEIN WFS1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WOLFRAMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; CORTICOSTERONE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77953009039     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: 14617285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269881109102738     Document Type: Article

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