Divergent stress responses and coping styles in psychogenetically selected Roman high-(RHA) and low-(RLA) avoidance rats: Behavioural, neuroendocrine and developmental aspects

Stress

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 87-100

  Steimer, Thierry ^a,c   Driscoll, Peter ^b  

^a HUG   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Behaviour; Coping; Neuroendocrinology; RHA RLA rats; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMPULSIVENESS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MAZE TEST; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

EID: 0038210269     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1025389031000111320     Document Type: Conference Paper

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