Effect of constant illumination on catatonic symptoms in female GC rats.
We studied the effect of constant illumination for 1 month on female GC (genetic catalepsy) and Wistar rats (control). Light exposure decreased the degree of cataleptic freezing in female GC rats (compared to the control). Norepinephrine concentration in cataleptic rats returned to normal under these conditions: this parameter increased in the corpus striatum and adrenal glands and decreased in the hypothalamus to a control level observed in intact Wistar rats.
Klotchkov
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Laboratory of Evolutionary Genetics, Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia.
Alekhina
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TA
Ukolova
T N
TN
Rjazanova
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MA
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D046352:Freezing Reaction, Cataleptic / Q000502:physiology*; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D008029:Lighting; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism
D012701:Serotonin; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid; D009638:Norepinephrine