Hippocampal asymmetry in expression of catecholamine synthesizing enzyme and transporters in socially isolated rats

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 631-635

  Spasojevic, Natasa ^a   Stanisavljevic, Danijela ^a   Gavrilovic, Ljubica ^a   Jovanovic, Predrag ^a   Cucakovic, Aleksandar ^b   Dronjak, Sladjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Chronic stress; Enzymes; Hippocampus; Rats; Right left asymmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871074347     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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