Effects of a complex housing environment on heart rate and blood pressure of rats at rest and after stressful challenges

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 52-60

  Sharp, Jody ^a   Azar, Toni ^a   Lawson, David ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; COHABITATION; FEMALE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RESTING HEART RATE; TELEMETRY; TREADMILL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; REST; TELEMETRY;

EID: 84892502977     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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