Elevated testosterone and reduced 5-HIAA concentrations are associated with wounding and hantavirus infection in male Norway rats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 474-481

  Easterbrook, Judith D ^a   Kaplan, Jenifer B ^a   Glass, Gregory E ^a   Pletnikov, Mikhail V ^b   Klein, Sabra L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Corticosterone; Hemorrhagic fever virus; Host parasite co evolution; Seoul virus; Serotonin; Stress

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEOUL VIRUS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BRAIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOPAMINE; FECES; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; MALE; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; SEOUL VIRUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TESTOSTERONE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34748882353     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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