Sex and diet affect the behavioral response of rats to chronic mild stressors

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 27-36

  Liang, Shuwen ^a   Byers, Donna M ^a   Irwin, Louis N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attention to novelty; Chronic mild stressor; Elevated plus maze; Food selection; Forced swim test; Sucrose preference test

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE MODEL; EATING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TASTE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EATING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASTE;

EID: 42449083443     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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