Rhythmicity in mice selected for extremes in stress reactivity: Behavioural, endocrine and sleep changes resembling endophenotypes of major depression

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Touma, Chadi ^a   Fenzl, Thomas ^a   Ruschel, Jörg ^a   Palme, Rupert ^b   Holsboer, Florian ^a   Kimura, Mayumi ^a   Landgraf, Rainer ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTEROID RELEASE; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INVOLUTIONAL DEPRESSION; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEUROENDOCRINE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; REM SLEEP; RESTLESSNESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; STRESS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DARKNESS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FECES; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOSTERONE; DARKNESS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FECES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERIODICITY; PHENOTYPE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SLEEP; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 59849089406     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004325     Document Type: Article

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