Article
Independent segregation of a hyperactive hypothalamic-hypophyso-adrenal axis and a reduced behavioural reactivity in pigs.
Psychoneuroendocrinology - 1 Jan 1994
Mormède P, García-Belenguer S, Dulluc J, Oliver C
Abstract excerpt
When compared to European Large White, Chinese Meishan pigs have high levels of circulating ACTH and cortisol, and a reduced behavioural reactivity in various challenging situations such as exposure to a novel environment, two characteristic features of depression. We investigated whether this as...
Topics
- Adaptation, Psychological
- Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
- Animals
- Arousal
- Female
- Hydrocortisone
- Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System
- Male
- Models, Genetic
- Motor Activity
- Phenotype
- Pituitary-Adrenal System
- Social Environment
- Species Specificity
- Swine
- Vocalization, Animal