Single and repeated environmental stress: Effect on plasma oxytocin, corticosterone, catecholamines, and behavior

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 731-736

  Hashiguchi, Hiroyuki ^a   Ye, Shao Hua ^a   Morris, Mariana ^b   Alexander, Natalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Behavior; Catecholamines; Corticosterone; Environmental stress; Oxytocin

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTERONE; NORADRENALIN; OXYTOCIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

EID: 0031001521     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00527-6     Document Type: Article

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