Anxiety and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responses to psychological stress are attenuated in male rats made lean by large litter rearing

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1080-1091

  Bulfin, Lauren J ^a   Clarke, Melanie A ^a   Buller, Kathryn M ^b   Spencer, Sarah J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Development; HPA; Lean; Nutrition; Obesity; Stress

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE MASS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REARING; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LITTER SIZE; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THINNESS;

EID: 79960602160     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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