Reproductive experience and the response of female Sprague-Dawley rats to fear and stress

Comparative Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 437-443

  Rima, Brandi N ^a   Bardi, Massimo ^b   Friedenberg, Julia M ^c   Christon, Lillian M ^d   Karelina, Kate E ^e   Lambert, Kelly G ^f   Kinsley, Craig H ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f RANDOLPH MACON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; FEAR; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEAR; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; PARITY; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 70449989652     PISSN: 15320820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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