Individual variation in cortisol responses to acute 'on-back' restraint in an outbred hamster

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 252-260

  Guimont, François S ^a   Wynne Edwards, Katherine E ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Cortisol amplitude; Dwarf hamster; Individual differences; Phodopus campbelli; Stress; Stress reactivity

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAMSTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STANDARDIZATION; STRESS;

AGING; ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33745883572     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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