Tail skin temperatures reflect coping styles in rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 374-382

  Ågren, Greta ^a   Lund, Irene ^b   Thiblin, Ingemar ^a   Lundeberg, Thomas ^c  

^a RMV   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Sabbatsberg Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adrenals; Epididymal adipose tissue; Group housing; Growth; Heart; Lewis male rats; Non invasive assessments; Pituitaries; Social rank; Spleen; Stress coping styles; Tail skin temperature; Testes; Visceral adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EPIDIDYMIS FAT; GROWTH RATE; HYPOPHYSIS; LEWIS RAT; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SOCIAL STATUS; SPLEEN; TAIL; TESTIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; EMOTIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAIL;

EID: 58149520153     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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