Recurrent long-lasting tethering reduces BDNF protein levels in the dorsal hippocampus and frontal cortex in pigs

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-17

  De Vry, J ^a   Prickaerts, J ^a   Jetten, M ^a   Hulst, M ^b   Steinbusch, H W M ^a   van den Hove, D L A ^a,c   Schuurman, T ^b   van der Staay, F J ^b,d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BDNF; Cortisol; Sows; Stress; Tethering

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL HIPPOCAMPUS; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOUSING; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOW (SWINE); VENTRAL HIPPOCAMPUS;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDROCORTISONE; RECEPTOR, TRKB; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWINE;

EID: 84862256934     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.04.019     Document Type: Article

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