Co-species housing in mice and rats: Effects on physiological and behavioral stress responsivity

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 342-351

  Arndt, Saskia S ^a,c   Lohavech, Dissaya ^b   van't Klooster, José ^a,c   Ohl, Frauke ^a,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Mahidol University ^*  (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adrenals; Behavior; Co species housing; Corticosterone; Mouse; Physiology; Rat; Species separated housing; Stress; Thymus; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ACUTE STRESS; ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL STRESS; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HABITUATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; THYMUS; UNITED STATES;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHRONIC DISEASE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWIMMING; THYMUS GLAND; TIME FACTORS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 77649190854     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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