Influence of diurnal phase on startle response in adult rats exposed to dexamethasone in utero

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 444-452

  Kjaer S L ^a,b   Hougaard, K S ^b   Tasker, R A ^c   MacDonald, D S ^c   Rosenberg, R ^a   Elfving, B ^a   Wegener, G ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle; Animal model; Corticotrophin releasing hormone; Glucocorticoids; Light and dark phases; Prenatal dexamethasone

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; LABORATORY; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL STRESS; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STARTLE REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PHLEBOTOMY; PHOTOPERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 78651463668     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.12.015     Document Type: Article

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