Chronic restraint or variable stresses differently affect the behavior, corticosterone secretion and body weight in rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-35

  Marin, Marcelo T ^a   Cruz, Fabio C ^a   Planeta, Cleopatra S ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Body weight; Corticosterone; Locomotion; Novelty; Rat; Restraint stress; Thymus; Variable stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADAPTATION; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; EXPOSURE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THYMUS;

EID: 33845505695     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.08.021     Document Type: Article

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