Psychoneuroendocrinology
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 724-735 , July 2006

Altered hypothalamo–pituitary–adrenal and sympatho-adrenomedullary activities in rats bred for high anxiety: central and peripheral correlates

  • Nicolas Salomé

      Affiliations

    • Unité de Neurosciences et de Physiologie Adaptatives, Laboratoire de Stress Périnatal, Université de Lille 1, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
    • ,
  • Odile Viltart

      Affiliations

    • Unité de Neurosciences et de Physiologie Adaptatives, Laboratoire de Stress Périnatal, Université de Lille 1, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33 320 434 081; fax: +33 320 434 602.
    • ,
  • Jean Lesage

      Affiliations

    • Unité de Neurosciences et de Physiologie Adaptatives, Laboratoire de Stress Périnatal, Université de Lille 1, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
    • ,
  • Rainer Landgraf

      Affiliations

    • Behavioural Neuroendocrinology, Max-Planck-Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Didier Vieau

      Affiliations

    • Unité de Neurosciences et de Physiologie Adaptatives, Laboratoire de Stress Périnatal, Université de Lille 1, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
    • ,
  • Christine Laborie

      Affiliations

    • Unité de Neurosciences et de Physiologie Adaptatives, Laboratoire de Stress Périnatal, Université de Lille 1, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France

Received 30 June 2005 ,Revised 2 February 2006 ,Accepted 2 February 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2006.02.002

Psychoneuroendocrinology
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 724-735 , July 2006

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