Effect of early life housing manipulation on baseline and drug-induced behavioural responses on neurochemistry in the male rat

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 252-263

  Simpson, Joy ^a   Bree, Dara ^a   Kelly, John P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Elevated plus maze; Environmental enrichment; Forced swim test; Locomotor activity; Monoamine neurotransmitters

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MONOAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY LIFE STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DESIPRAMINE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 84859625312     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: 18784216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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