Endocrine and behavioural plasticity in response to juvenile stress in the semi-precocial rodent Octodon degus

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 361-372

  Gruss, M ^a,b   Westphal, S ^a   Luley, C ^a   Braun, K ^a,b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attachment; Corticosterone; Early stress; SHRP

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OCTODON; OCTODON DEGUS; PLASTICITY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; STRESS; WEANING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FATHERS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MOTHERS; OCTODON; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 32944455539     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2005.08.017     Document Type: Article

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