Behavioral and physiological responses of female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) to various stressful conditions

Stress

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 531-539

  Smith, Adam S ^a   Lieberwirth, Claudia ^a   Wang, Zuoxin ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Elevated plus maze; Habituation; HPA axis; Immobilization stress; Psychological stress; Social defeat; Social stress; Unpredictable stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HABITUATION; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MAZE TEST; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRAIRIE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STRESS; VOLE;

EID: 84881265479     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2013.794449     Document Type: Article

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