Increased corticosterone levels in mice subjected to the rat exposure test

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 128-133

  Amaral, Vanessa Cristiane Santana ^a,c   Santos Gomes, Karina ^b,c,d   Nunes de Souza, Ricardo Luiz ^a,b,c,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d Instituto de Neurociencias and Comportamento INeC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Corticosterone; Defensive behavior; Mouse; Prey predator interaction; Rat exposure test; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; ETHOLOGY; FREEZING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; MALE; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 74749106453     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.09.018     Document Type: Article

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