A rat model of pre-puberty (Juvenile) stress-induced predisposition to stress-related disorders: Sex similarities and sex differences in effects and symptoms

World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 36-48

  Horovitz, O ^a   Tsoory, M M ^b   Yovell, Y ^a   Richter Levin, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

"Juvenile stress"; Animal models; Behavioural profiling; Sex differences; Stress related disorders

Indexed keywords

SACCHARIN;

ADULT STRESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; JUVENILE STRESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUCROSE PREFERENCE TEST;

AGE FACTORS; ANHEDONIA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SACCHARIN; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84892413595     PISSN: 15622975     EISSN: 18141412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15622975.2012.745604     Document Type: Article

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