Psychological stress and welfare in fish

Annual Review of Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-20

  Galhardo, Leonor ^a,b   Oliveira, Rui F ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fish welfare; Psychological stress; Stress responses

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ALLOSTASIS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL WELFARE; COGNITION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FISH; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LEARNING; MEMORY; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 62749134557     PISSN: 18068774     EISSN: 18068774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5016/1806-8774.2009v11p1     Document Type: Review

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