Behavioral and physiological effects of chronic mild stress in female rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 314-322

  Baker, Stephanie L ^a   Kentner, Amanda C ^a   Konkle, Anne T M ^a   Santa Maria Barbagallo, Lisa ^a   Bielajew, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain stimulation reward; Chronic mild stress; Estrous cycle; Female rats; Long Evans; Sprague Dawley; Sucrose intake and preference

Indexed keywords

ANHEDONIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STRESS; SUGAR INTAKE;

EID: 31944441630     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2005.10.019     Document Type: Article

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