Influence of housing variables on the development of stress-sensitive behaviors in the rat

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 120, Issue , 2013, Pages 156-163

  Sakhai, Samuel A ^a   Preslik, John ^a   Francis, Darlene D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedding; Development; Early life; Housing; Rat; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BED; BIRTH; CAGE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOUSING; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEANING;

BEDDING; DEVELOPMENT; EARLY-LIFE; HOUSING; RAT; STRESS;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL COUNT; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DARKNESS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIGHT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84883430464     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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