Lewis/Fischer rat strain differences in endocrine and behavioural responses to environmental challenge

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 809-819

  Stöhr, Thomas ^a   Szuran, Thomas ^a   Welzl, Hans ^a   Pliska, Vladimir ^a   Feldon, Joram ^a   Pryce, Christopher R ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CRF; Emotional behaviour; Fischer rat; HPA axis; Lewis rat; Stressor

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DRINKING; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; POLYDIPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STARTLE REFLEX; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, INBRED LEW; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STARTLE REACTION; STRESS;

EID: 0034488270     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(00)00426-3     Document Type: Article

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