Predictable stress versus unpredictable stress: A comparison in a rodent model of stroke

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-75

  Zucchi, Fabíola C R ^a   Kirkland, Scott W ^a   Jadavji, Nafisa M ^a   van Waes, Linda T ^a   Klein, Alexander ^a   Supina, Rebecca D ^a   Metz, Gerlinde A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corticosterone levels; Ischemia; Restraint stress; Skilled reaching; Skilled walking; Variable stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC STRESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; ORGAN SIZE; PROGNOSIS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY; WALKING;

EID: 70349269075     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.06.030     Document Type: Article

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