Social buffering reduces male rats' behavioral and corticosterone responses to a conditioned stimulus

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 114-118

  Kiyokawa, Yasushi ^a   Hiroshima, Shunya ^a   Takeuchi, Yukari ^a   Mori, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Fear conditioning; Freezing; HPA axis; Social buffering

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEAR; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SNIFFING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BUFFERING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRESS;

CORTICOSTERONE; FEAR CONDITIONING; FREEZING; HPA AXIS; SOCIAL BUFFERING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CORTICOSTERONE; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84892149262     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.12.005     Document Type: Article

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