Varying Social Experiences in Adulthood Do Not Differentially Affect Anxiety-Like Behavior But Stress Hormone Levels

Varying Social Experiences in Adulthood Do Not Differentially Affect Anxiety-Like Behavior But Stress Hormone Levels

Social experiences can have profound effects on an individual’s level of anxiety. While various studies have addressed consequences of experiences of a specific type, e.g., social defeat, a recent study in mice investigated the impact of combinations of adverse and beneficial social experiences. Qui...

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Main Authors: Niklas Kästner, S. Helene Richter, Carina Bodden, Rupert Palme, Sylvia Kaiser, Norbert Sachser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Subjects:
anxiety-like behavior
stress response
glucocorticoids
mice
social experience
adulthood
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00072/full

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