Early adolescent stress alters behavior and the HPA axis response in male and female adult rats: The relevance of the nature and duration of the stressor

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 133, Issue , 2014, Pages 178-189

  Ariza Traslaviña, Guillermo A ^a   de Oliveira, Fabiana Lucio ^a   Franci, Celso Rodrigues ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescent stress; Corticosterone; FOS; Hypothalamus pituitary adrenal axis; Paraventricular nucleus; Plus maze

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; INSULIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PROGESTERONE; VASOPRESSIN; CORTISTATIN; ESTRADIOL; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ACUTE STRESS; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT STRESS; ADULT; ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL ACTIVATION; CHRONIC STRESS; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLIC STRESS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; AGE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; EXERCISE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAZE TEST; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; WISTAR RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INSULIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEUROPEPTIDES; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROGESTERONE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84902009432     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.05.031     Document Type: Article

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