Recently added articles from Physiological Research:
An Initial Exploration of in vivo Hair Cortisol Responses to a Brief Pain Stressor: Latency, Localization and Independence Effects
Sep 01, 2009; ... Summary Cortisol is secreted by the central hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis and affects many target organs and tissues, particularly in response to stressor demands and infection. Recent data reporting cortisol synthesis in hair follicles have shown the existence of a parallel ...
Influence of Pertussis Toxin Pretreatment on the Development of L-NAME-Induced Hypertension
Sep 01, 2009; ... Summary High blood pressure (BP) of L-NAME hypertensive rats is maintained not only by the absence of nitric oxide (NO)-dependent vasodilatation but also by the enhancement of both sympathetic and angiotensin II-dependent vasoconstriction. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the ...
Cognitive Functions and Drug Sensitivity in Adult Male Rats Prenatally Exposed to Methamphetamine
Sep 01, 2009; ... Summary The aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of prenatal methamphetamine (MA) exposure and application of the same drug in adulthood on cognitive functions of adult male rats tested in Morris water maze (MWM). Adult male rats prenatally exposed to MA (5 mg/kg), ...
Effect of Alpha^sub 1^-Adrenergic Antagonist Prazosin on Behavioral Alterations Induced by MK-801 in a Spatial Memory Task in Long-Evans Rats
Sep 01, 2009; ... Summary Animal models of neuropsychiatric disorders are current topics in behavioral neuroscience. Application of non-competitive antagonists of NMDA receptors (such as MK-801) was proposed as a model of schizophrenia, as it leads to specific behavioral alterations, which are partly ...
Beta 2-Band Synchronization during a Visual Oddball Task
Sep 01, 2009; ... Summary The study investigated whether specific changes in phase synchrony in the beta 2 frequency band of EEG (25-35 Hz) occurred during a recognition task. The level of synchrony was examined between one hundred and eighty loci in the frontal and temporal lobes of eight epileptic ...