Repeated exposure to immobilization or two different footshock intensities reveals differential adaptation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-133

  Rabasa, Cristina ^a,b   Muñoz Abellán, Cristina ^a,b   Daviu, Núria ^a,b   Nadal, Roser ^a,b   Armario, Antonio ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE NEUROCIÈNCIES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ACTH; Adaptation; Chronic stress; Corticosterone; Habituation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOTSHOCK; HABITUATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; EATING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79952337968     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.02.022     Document Type: Article

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