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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 association is genetically built in or whether these psychobiological characteristics are fortuitously associated....
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