Differential effects of stable elevated levels of corticotropin-releasing hormone and systemic corticosterone on various types of rat learning

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-76

  Rezacova, Lenka ^a   Svoboda, Jan ^a   Stuchlik, Ales ^a   Vales, Karel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cognitive functions; Corticosterone; CRH; HPA axis; Learning; Memory; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MENTAL TASK; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 79955013060     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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