Neonatal tactile stimulation changes anxiety-like behavior and improves responsiveness of rats to diazepam

Brain Research

Volumn 1474, Issue , 2012, Pages 50-59

  Boufleur, Nardeli ^a   Antoniazzi, Caren T D ^a   Pase, Camila S ^a   Benvegnú, Dalila M ^a   Barcelos, Raquel C S ^a   Dolci, Geisa S ^a   Dias, Verônica T ^a   Roversi, Katiane ^a   Roversi, Karine ^a   Koakoskia, Gessi ^a   Rosa, João G ^a   Barcellos, Leonardo J G ^a,b   Bürger, Marilise E ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PASSO FUNDO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antioxidant defense; Anxiety; Diazepam; Neonatal handling; Tactile stimulation

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; DIAZEPAM; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SUBTHALAMUS; TACTILE STIMULATION; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIAZEPAM; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TOUCH;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84865501388     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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