Emotion and cognition in high and low stress sensitive mouse strains: a combined neuroendocrine and behavioral study in BALB/c and C57BL/6J mice

Emotionally arousing experiences and stress influence cognitive processes and vice versa. Understanding the relations and interactions between these three systems forms the core of this study. We tested two inbred mouse strains (BALB/c, C57BL/6J; male; 3-month-old) for glucocorticoid stress system m...

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Main Authors: Vera Brinks, Maaike Van Der Mark, Ronald De Kloet, Melly S Oitzl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2007-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/neuro.08.008.2007/full