Neonatal treatment with lipopolysaccharide differentially affects adult anxiety responses in the light-dark test and taste neophobia test in male and female rats

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 171-180

  Tenk, Christine M ^a   Kavaliers, Martin ^b   Ossenkopp, Klaus Peter ^b  

^a BRESCIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endotoxin; Infection; Ingestion; Novelty; Sex difference; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LICKING; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEOPHOBIA; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALATABILITY; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TASTE DISORDER;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEX FACTORS; SUCROSE; TASTE;

EID: 84873141094     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: 1873474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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