Environmental enrichment in male CD-1 mice promotes aggressive behaviors and elevated corticosterone and brain norepinephrine activity in response to a mild stressor

Stress

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 354-360

  McQuaid, Robyn J ^a   Audet, Marie Claude ^a   Anisman, Hymie ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Corticosterone; Environmental enrichment; Norepinephrine; Sensitization; Stress

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXY 3 METHOXYPHENYLETHYLENE GLYCOL; CORTICOSTERONE; NORADRENALIN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BRAIN LEVEL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; STRESS;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORTICOSTERONE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; METHOXYHYDROXYPHENYLGLYCOL; MICE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84859184241     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2011.623249     Document Type: Article

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