Neurochemical and behavioral effects of chronic unpredictable stress

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 25, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 557-566

  Matuszewich, Leslie ^a   McFadden, Lisa M ^a,b   Friedman, Ross D ^a   Frye, Cheryl A ^c,d  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic stress; corticosterone; dopamine; microdialysis; rat; spatial memory

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; DOPAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DOPAMINE RELEASE; MALE; MEMORY; MICRODIALYSIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY TEST; T-MAZE TEST; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAZE TEST; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RECOGNITION; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STIMULATION; UNCERTAINTY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORTICOSTERONE; DOPAMINE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICRODIALYSIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPATIAL MEMORY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84906086338     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: 14735849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FBP.0000000000000061     Document Type: Article

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