Differences in the stress response of Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats from different vendors

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 643-648

  Paré, William P ^a,b   Kluczynski, Joseph ^a  

^a D V A Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Depression; Forced swim test; Open field test; Stress; Stress ulcer; Vendors; WKY rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; STRESS ULCER;

EID: 0030921754     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00191-1     Document Type: Article

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