Neuroendocrine correlates of emotional reactivity and coping in male rats from the Roman high (RHA/Verh)-and low (RLA/Verh)-avoidance lines

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 503-512

  Steimer, Thierry ^a,b   La Fleur, Susanne ^a   Schulz, Pierre E ^a  

^a Clinical Psychopharmacology Unit   (Switzerland)

^b U de Psychopharmacologie Clinique   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coping style; Emotional reactivity; Male rats; Neuroendocrine correlates; RHA Verh rats; RLA Verh rats; Sensitivity to stressors

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SELECTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RAT; REVIEW; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EMOTIONS; ENVIRONMENT; MALE; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEMPERAMENT;

ANIMALIA; ROMAN;

EID: 0031424639     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021448713665     Document Type: Review

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