Endocrine and behavioural responses to noise stress: Comparison of virgin and lactating female rats during non-disrupted maternal activity

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 407-414

  Windle, R J ^a   Wood, S ^a   Shanks, N ^a   Perks, P ^a   Conde, G L ^a   Da Costa, A P C ^a   Ingram, C D ^a   Lightman, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACTH; Corticosterone; HPA axis; Prolactin; PVN

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; STRESS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; WHITE NOISE;

EID: 0030976388     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1997.00587.x     Document Type: Article

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