Behavioral and endocrine consequences of simultaneous exposure to two different stressors in rats: Interaction or independence?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

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

^a INSTITUT DE NEUROCIÈNCIES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OPEN FIELD TEST; RAT; SENSORY STIMULATION; SMELLING; STRESS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CAT; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EXERCISE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATS; CORTICOSTERONE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; ODORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79959618479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021426     Document Type: Article

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