Role of sex in the neurochemical and neuroendocrine correlates of paw preference in the rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 202, Issue , 2012, Pages 192-201

  Sullivan, R M ^a   Chehab, S L ^a   Dufresne, M M ^a   Laplante, F ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ACTH; Bilateral effects; Corticolimbic; Handedness; Monoamines; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DOPAMINE; SEROTONIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HORMONE ACTION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; UPREGULATION;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; MALE; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEROTONIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84856213710     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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