The Defecation Index as a Measure of Emotionality: Questions Raised by HPA Axis and Prolactin Response to Stress in the Maudsley Model

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 368-373

  Blizard, David A ^a   Eldridge, J Charles ^b   Jones, Byron C ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Corticosterone; Maudsley strains; Prolactin; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; DEFECATION; EMOTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHENOTYPE; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME FACTOR;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; DEFECATION; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROLACTIN; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84937759477     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-015-9722-x     Document Type: Article

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