Basal blood corticosterone level is correlated with susceptibility to chronic restraint stress in mice

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 555, Issue , 2013, Pages 137-142

  Kim, Jae Gon ^a   Jung, Hye Seung ^a   Kim, Ki Joon ^a   Min, Sun Seek ^b   Yoon, Bong June ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Eulji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Corticosterone; Restraint stress; Stress susceptibility

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LOCOMOTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ANXIETY; CORT; CORTICOSTERONE; HPA; HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-ADRENAL; MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; MDD; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PTSD; RESTRAINT STRESS; STRESS SUSCEPTIBILITY;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84885755551     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.09.031     Document Type: Article

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