Different stress-related phenotypes of BALB/c mice from in-house or vendor: Alterations of the sympathetic and HPA axis responsiveness

BMC Physiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Olfe, Jakob ^a   Domanska, Grazyna ^a   Schuett, Christine ^a   Kiank, Cornelia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; NORADRENALIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; TIME;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NOREPINEPHRINE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77950281010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6793-10-2     Document Type: Article

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