Gender-specific effects of social housing in rats after chronic mild stress exposure

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-30

  Westenbroek, Christel ^a   Ter Horst, Gert J ^a   Roos, Marjon H ^a   Kuipers, Sjoukje D ^a   Trentani, Andrea ^a   Den Boer, Johan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

c fos; Gender; Locomotor activity; PVN; Raphe; Social support; Stress sensitivity

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; OPEN FIELD TEST; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOCK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0037304297     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-5846(02)00310-X     Document Type: Article

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