The effect of synchronized running activity with chronic stress on passive avoidance learning and body weight in rats

International Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 430-437

  Radahmadi, Maryam ^a   Alaei, Hojjatallah ^a   Sharifi, Mohammad R ^a   Hosseini, Nasrin ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Body weight; Learning; Passive avoidance; Physical activity; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; RAT; RUNNING; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 84877786142     PISSN: 20087802     EISSN: 20088213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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