Corticosterone microinjected into nucleus pontis oralis increases tonic immobility in rats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 448-456

  Sandoval Herrera, Vicente ^a   Trujillo Ferrara, José G ^a   Miranda Páez, Abraham ^a   De La Cruz, Fidel ^a   Zamudio, Sergio R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Nucleus pontis oralis; Rat; Tonic immobility

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MIFEPRISTONE; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PONTIS ORALIS; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PARAMEDIAN RAPHE; PONTINE NUCLEUS; PREDATOR STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT; TONIC IMMOBILITY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CORTICOSTERONE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 80052155930     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.07.013     Document Type: Article

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