Investigation of sex differences in behavioural, endocrine, and neural measures following repeated psychological stressor exposure

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 368-379

  Mashoodh, Rahia ^a   Wright, Lisa D ^a   Hébert, Kimberly ^a   Perrot Sinal, Tara S ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

BDNF; Corticosterone; GR; Predator odour; Sex difference; Stress

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GROOMING; HABITUATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ODOR; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; ODORS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 39149096601     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2007.11.018     Document Type: Article

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