Differential effects of prenatal stress in two inbred strains of rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 799-805

  Stohr T ^a   Wermeling, D Schulte ^a   Szuran, T ^b   Pliska, V ^b   Domeney, A ^a   Welzl, H ^a   Weiner, I ^c   Feldon, J ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fischer rat; Gender differences; Genetic differences; HPA system; Lewis rat; Prenatal stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEAT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, INBRED LEW; REACTION TIME; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032052744     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(97)00541-8     Document Type: Article

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