Behavioural and hormonal effects of restraint stress and formalin test in male and female rats

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-62

  Aloisi, Anna Maria ^a   Ceccarelli, Ilaria ^a   Lupo, Concetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Behaviour; Formalin test; Steroid hormones; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; FORMALDEHYDE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HORMONES; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0032168468     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(98)00063-X     Document Type: Article

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