Sex differences in stress-induced hyperthermia in rats: Restraint versus confinement

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 416-420

  McGivern, Robert F ^a   Zuloaga, Damian G ^a,c   Handa, Robert J ^b,c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Core body temperature; Restraint; Sex differences; Stress; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMIDITY; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONFINED SPACES; FEMALE; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 70149103996     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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