Social stress induces hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis responses in lactating rats bred for high trait anxiety

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1599-1603

  Douglas, A J ^a   Meddle, S L ^a   Kroemer, S ^c   Muesch, W ^b   Bosch, O J ^b   Neumann, I D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACTH; Amygdala; Elevated platform; Maternal defence; NGFIB; Paraventricular nucleus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR BETA SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LACTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOCIAL STRESS; THREAT;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MAZE LEARNING; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; RATS; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, STEROID; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 34147127391     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05380.x     Document Type: Article

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