Acute stress persistently enhances estrogen levels in the female rat

Stress

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-171

  Shors, Tracey J ^a,b   Pickett, Jane ^a   Wood, Gwendolyn ^a   Paczynski, Martin ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal glands; Alzheimer's disease; Classical conditioning; Corticosterone; Learning; Ovarian hormones; Progesterone; Sex differences; Shock; Swim

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; PROGESTERONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; STRESS;

EID: 0033382390     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253899909001120     Document Type: Article

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