Neonatal handling increases cardiovascular reactivity to contextual fear conditioning in borderline hypertensive rats (BHR)

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 72-76

  Sanders, Brian J ^a   Knoepfler, Jonathan ^a  

^a DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contextual fear conditioning; Corticosterone; Mean arterial pressure; Neonatal handling; Rats

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE HYPERTENSIVE RAT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMOTIONALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 49349092438     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.04.021     Document Type: Article

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