Early stress leads to effects on estrous cycle and differential responses to stress

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 102, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 304-310

  Mourlon, Vanessa ^a,b,c   Naudon, Laurent ^a,b   Giros, Bruno ^a,b,d   Crumeyrolle Arias, Michèle ^a,b   Daugé, Valérie ^a,b  

^a Groupe Enzymologie Moléculaire et Fonctionnelle   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Estrous cycle; Hypothalamo pituitary adrenal axis; Maternal deprivation; Rat; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESS; VAGINA SMEAR;

ANIMALS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 78650612971     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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