Temporal differences in the responses of the pituitary adrenocortical axis, the sympathoadrenomedullar axis, heart rate, and behaviour to a daily repeated stressor in domestic pigs

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 775-783

  Schrader, Lars ^a   Ladewig, Jan ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Behaviour; Domestic pigs; Heart rate; Pituitary adrenocortical axis; Repeated stress; Sympathoadrenomedullar axis

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS; SWINE;

EID: 0033045742     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00015-3     Document Type: Article

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