Comparison of the effects of single and daily repeated immobilization stress on resting activity and heterotypic sensitization of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis

Stress

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 176-185

  Daviu, Núria ^a   Rabasa, Cristina ^a,b   Nadal, Roser ^a   Armario, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ACTH; Adaptation; Anxiety; Chronic stress; Corticosterone; Habituation; Immobilization; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECURRENCE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84894490009     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2014.880834     Document Type: Article

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