Juvenile social subjugation induces a sex-specific pattern of anxiety and depression-like behaviors in adult rats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-99

  Weathington, Jill M ^a   Arnold, Amanda R ^a   Cooke, Bradley M ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Animal model; Anxiety; Child abuse; Corticosterone; Depression; Elevated plus maze; Forced swim test; HPA axis; Long Evans rat; Mood disorder; Puberty; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; JUVENILE SOCIAL SUBJUGATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRESS; UPREGULATION;

ADRENAL GLANDS; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CORTICOSTERONE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84855951948     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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