Effects of prenatal exposure to a mild chronic variable stress on body weight, preweaning mortality and rat behavior

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1229-1237

  Cabrera, R J ^a   Rodriguez Echandia E L ^a,b   Jatuff, A S G ^a   Foscolo M ^a  

^a Universidad Nacional de Cuyo Facultad de Ciencias Medicas   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Behavior; Body weight; Chronic stress; Mortality; Prenatal stress; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STRESS; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033205123     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X1999001000009     Document Type: Article

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