Behavioral coping strategies in response to social stress are associated with distinct neuroendocrine, monoaminergic and immune response profiles in mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 554-561

  De Miguel, Zurine ^a,b   Vegas, Oscar ^a   Garmendia, Larraitz ^a   Arregi, Amaia ^a   Beitia, Garikoitz ^a   Azpiroz, Arantza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenaline; Coping strategies; Cytokines; Glucocorticosteroids; Immunity; Individual differences; Mice; Social behavior; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DOPAMINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; MESSENGER RNA; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CRH GENE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DOPA DECARBOXYLASE; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; EPINEPHRINE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTERLEUKIN-2; MALE; MICE; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SPLEEN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 80052964324     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.08.011     Document Type: Article

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