A single exposure to social isolation in domestic piglets activates behavioural arousal, neuroendocrine stress hormones, and stress-related gene expression in the brain

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 176-185

  Kanitz, E ^a   Puppe, B ^a   Tuchscherer, M ^a   Heberer, M ^a   Viergutz, T ^a   Tuchscherer, A ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behaviour; c fos; Gene expression; HPA axis; Pig; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 1; 11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 2; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; PROTEIN C FOS;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LIMBIC SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PIGLET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STRESS; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FOS; HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWINE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 67649494303     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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