Effect of environmental enrichment on strees related systems in rats

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 423-431

  Moncek, F ^a   Duncko, R ^a   Johansson, B B ^a,b   Jezova, Daniela ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Brain; Corticosterone

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUSPIRONE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DENDRITE; EMOTIONALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; BUSPIRONE; CORTICOSTERONE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; ORGAN SIZE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN AGONISTS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 2942609821     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2004.01173.x     Document Type: Article

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