The differential impact of social defeat on mice living in isolation or groups in an enriched environment: Plasma corticosterone and monoamine variations

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 351-363

  McQuaid, Robyn J ^a   Audet, Marie Claude ^a   Jacobson Pick, Shlomit ^a   Anisman, Hymie ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; environmental enrichment; norepinephrine; serotonin; social defeat

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; MONOAMINE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DEFEAT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOPATHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CORTICOSTERONE; ENVIRONMENT; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 84875930866     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1461145712000120     Document Type: Article

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