Chronic stress in pregnant guinea pigs (Cavia aperea f. porcellus) attenuates long-term stress hormone levels and body weight gain, but not reproductive output

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 181, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1089-1100

  Schöpper, Hanna ^a   Palme, Rupert ^a   Ruf, Thomas ^a   Huber, Susanne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Body mass; Cortisol; Gestation; Guinea pig (Cavia aperea f. porcellus); Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; FECES; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HISTOLOGY; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FECES; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HYDROCORTISONE; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PARTURITION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

CAVIA; CAVIA APEREA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 81355135437     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-011-0591-1     Document Type: Article

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