Influence of environmental enrichment on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) responses to single-dose nicotine, continuous nicotine by osmotic mini-pumps, and nicotine withdrawal by mecamylamine in male and female rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 234, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Skwara, Amanda J ^a   Karwoski, Tracy E ^b   Czambel, R Kenneth ^b   Rubin, Robert T ^c   Rhodes, Michael E ^a  

^a SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental enrichment; HPA axis; Mecamylamine; Nicotine; Sexual diergism; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; MECAMYLAMINE; NICOTINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MECAMYLAMINE; NICOTINE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 84863444624     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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