Repeated social defeat in female pigs does not induce neuroendocrine symptoms of depression, but behavioral adaptation

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 453-460

  van der Staay, F J ^a   de Groot, J ^a   Schuurman, T ^a   Korte, S M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal model; Cortisol; Depression; Glucocorticoid receptor; HPA axis; Mineralocorticoid receptor; Serotonin; Social stress

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN;

ADAPTATION; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEUROENDOCRINE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STRESS;

EID: 38849202508     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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