The effects of gonadectomy on sex- and age-typical responses to novelty and ethanol-induced social inhibition in adult male and female Sprague-Dawley rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 224-232

  Vetter O'Hagen, Courtney S ^a   Spear, Linda P ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol sensitivity; Gonadal hormones; Puberty; Response to novelty; Sex differences; Social inhibition

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULTHOOD; AGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GONADECTOMY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INHIBITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PREFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CASTRATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ESTRADIOL; ETHANOL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PROGESTERONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 83655167126     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.10.023     Document Type: Article

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