Troubles shared are troubles halved: Stress in rats is reduced in proportion to social propinquity

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 399-401

  Leshem, Micah ^a   Sherman, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Open field; Raised platform; Rat; Social support; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS;

EID: 33748934963     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.07.010     Document Type: Article

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