Repeated handling, restraint, or chronic crowding impair the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical response to acute restraint stress

Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 449-459

  Gadek Michalska A ^a   Bugajski, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Corticosterone feedback inhibition of HPA axis; Crowding stress; Handling; Restraint

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CROWDING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; CROWDING; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0141458336     PISSN: 08675910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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