Neuroendocrinology of coping styles: Towards understanding the biology of individual variation

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 307-321

  Koolhaas, J M ^a   de Boer, S F ^a   Coppens, C M ^a   Buwalda, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal personality; Catecholamines; Coping style; Gonadal steroids; HPA axis; Individual difference; Serotonin; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN; OXYTOCIN; SEROTONIN; VASOPRESSIN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; COPING BEHAVIOR; DOMESTICATION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MOUSE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRESS; VERTEBRATE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; INDIVIDUALITY; NEUROSECRETION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; RATS;

EID: 77955057735     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2010.04.001     Document Type: Review

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