Effects of different forms of environmental enrichment on behavioral, endocrinological, and immunological parameters in male mice

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 281-292

  Marashi, Vera ^a   Barnekow, Angelika ^a   Ossendorf, Edith ^a   Sachser, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenal tyrosine hydroxylase; Adrenocortical system; Adrenomedullary system; Aggression; Animal welfare; Corticosterone; Immune system; Immunoglobulins; Play; Stress

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTERONE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL MEDULLA; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOCRINOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; INBRED STRAIN; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS;

EID: 0037306414     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0018-506X(03)00002-3     Document Type: Article

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