Post-weaning social isolation induces abnormal forms of aggression in conjunction with increased glucocorticoid and autonomic stress responses

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-36

  Toth, Mate ^a   Mikics, Eva ^a   Tulogdi, Aron ^a   Aliczki, Mano ^a   Haller, Jozsef ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aggression; Arousal; Glucocorticoid; Heart rate; Post weaning social isolation; Rat; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT; FREEZING; HEART RATE; IN VIVO STUDY; NEGLECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS; TELEMETRY; WEANING;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; HEART RATE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WEANING;

EID: 79958043159     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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