Physiological and behavioral responses to stress: What does a rat find stressful?

Lab Animal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 42-50

  Harkin, Andrew ^a   Connor, Thomas J ^a   O'Donnell, James M ^a   Kelly, John P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIORADIOTELEMETRY; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; HEART RATE; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; STRESS; TELEMETRY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; HEART RATE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCEPTION; RATS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0005196886     PISSN: 00937355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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