Female rats exposed to stress and alcohol show impaired memory and increased depressive-like behaviors

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 123, Issue , 2014, Pages 47-54

  Gomez, J L ^a,b   Luine, V N ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Anxiety; Depression; Female; Memory; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION; SELF MEDICATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; STRESS; WORKING MEMORY;

ALCOHOL; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; MEMORY; STRESS;

ALCOHOLS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84885987659     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.09.009     Document Type: Article

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