Recovery from disrupted ultradian glucocorticoid rhythmicity reveals a dissociation between hormonal and behavioural stress responsiveness

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 862-871

  Sarabdjitsingh, Ratna Angela ^a   Spiga, F ^b   Oitzl, M S ^a   Kershaw, Y ^b   Meijer, O C ^a   Lightman, S L ^b   de Kloet, E R ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Brain; Circadian; Glucocorticoids; HPA axis; Stress; Ultradian

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACOUSTIC STRESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL STRESS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRADIAN RHYTHM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; DRUG EFFECTS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOSTERONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77954711632     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2010.02004.x     Document Type: Article

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