Consequences of repeated early isolation in domestic piglets (Sus scrofa) on their behavioural, neuroendocrine, and immunological responses

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-45

  Kanitz, Ellen ^a   Tuchscherer, Margret ^a   Puppe, Birger ^a   Tuchscherer, Armin ^a   Stabenow, Bernd ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Early life stress; HPA response; Immunity; Limbic system; Pigs

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; POKEWEED MITOGEN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNITY; LOCOMOTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; POKEWEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SWINE; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0344393520     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-1591(03)00085-0     Document Type: Article

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