Neonatal handling permanently alters hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function, behaviour, and body weight in boars

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 349-359

  Weaver, S A ^a,d   Aherne, F X ^a   Meaney, M J ^b   Schaefer, A L ^c   Dixon, W T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LACOMBE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; STRESS; SWINE;

EID: 0034104005     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1640349     Document Type: Article

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