Stress through handling for vaginal screening, serotonin, and ACTH response to ether

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 965-970

  Sfikakis, Anastasia ^a   Galanopoulou, Panagiota ^a   Konstandi, Maria ^a   Tsakayannis, Demetrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

5 HIAA; ACTH; Adrenal weight; Diestrus 2; Duration; Ether stress; Handling for vaginal smear screening; Hypothalamic 5 HT; Resistance

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; CORTICOTROPIN; ETHER; SEROTONIN;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DIESTRUS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCREENING; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; THYMUS; TISSUE LEVEL; VAGINA SMEAR;

EID: 0029975037     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0091-3057(95)02089-6     Document Type: Article

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