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Behavioural and physiological consequences of a single social defeat in Roman high- and low-avoidance rats.
Psychoneuroendocrinology - 1 Apr 1997
Meerlo P, Overkamp G J, Koolhaas J M
Abstract excerpt
The behavioural and physiological consequences of a single social defeat were studied in Roman high-avoidance (RHA) and Roman low-avoidance (RLA) rats, two rat lines with a genetically determined difference in the way of responding to or coping with stressors. Animals were subjected to social defeat by placing them in the cage of an aggressive male conspecific for 1 h. In both RHA and RLA rats, social defeat...
Topics
- Animals
- Arousal
- Avoidance Learning
- Behavior, Animal
- Body Temperature Regulation
- Body Weight
- Circadian Rhythm
- Dominance-Subordination
- Eating
- Exploratory Behavior
- Genotype