Sex differences in stress reactivity of hippocampal bdnf in mice are associated with the female preponderance of decreased locomotor activity in response to restraint stress

Zoological Science

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1019-1024

  Yamaura, Katsunori ^a   Bi, Yuanyuan ^a   Ishiwatari, Makiko ^a   Oishi, Nobuo ^a   Fukata, Hideki ^b   Ueno, Koichi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JPD Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

BDNF; Corticosterone; Food consumption; Hippocampus; Wheel running behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890459044     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.30.1019     Document Type: Article

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