Housing conditions differentially affect physiological and behavioural stress responses of zebrafish, as well as the response to anxiolytics

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Parker, Matthew O ^a   Millington, Mollie E ^a   Combe, Fraser J ^a   Brennan, Caroline H ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HYDROCORTISONE; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY; SMELLING; TANK; VISION; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DIVING; DRUG EFFECT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; PISCES;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIVING; ETHANOL; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HYDROCORTISONE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84859570124     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034992     Document Type: Article

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