Social stress in laboratory rats: Hormonal responses and immune cell distribution

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 389-406

  Stefanski, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood cellular immunity; Catecholamines; Corticosterone; Dominance; Laboratory rats; Social stress

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOSTERONE; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HORMONE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTES; HORMONES; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCORTIN;

EID: 0034063922     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(99)00066-9     Document Type: Article

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