Object location and object recognition memory impairments, motivation deficits and depression in a model of Gulf War illness

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  Hattiangady, Bharathi ^a,b,c   Mishra, Vikas ^a,b,c   Kodali, Maheedhar ^a,b,c   Shuai, Bing ^a,b,c   Rao, Xiolan ^a,b,c   Shetty, Ashok K ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Texas Agricultural and Mechanical   (United States)

^c TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Gulf War illness; Hippocampus dysfunction; Novelty suppressed feeding test; Object location test; Object recognition test; Open field test; Voluntary exercise

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; PERMETHRIN; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GULF WAR ILLNESS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY DISORDER; MOOD DISORDER; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; MOTIVATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NON-SPATIAL MEMORY TEST; NONHUMAN; NOVEL OBJECT RECOGNITION TEST; NOVELTY SUPPRESSED FEEDING TEST; OBJECT LOCATION TEST; OPEN FIELD TEST; RAT; RUNNING; STRESS; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WAR;

EID: 84896910428     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00078     Document Type: Article

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