A chronic combinatory stress model that activates the HPA axis and avoids habituation in BALB/C mice

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 70-75

  Zamora González, Edgar Oswaldo ^a   Santerre, Anne ^a   Palomera Avalos, Verónica ^a   Morales Villagrán, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

BALB c mice; Catecholamines; Corticosterone; Forced swimming stress; Habituation; Restraint stress

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CORTICOSTERONE; NORADRENALIN; STRESS HORMONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HABITUATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; METABOLIC STRESS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH DISEASE;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; CATECHOLAMINES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWIMMING;

EID: 84871956946     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.10.015     Document Type: Article

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