Differential effects of stress exposure via two types of restraint apparatuses on behavior and plasma corticosterone level in inbred male BALB/cAJcl mice

• Published in: Neuropsychopharmacology reports Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 73 - 84
• Main Authors: Shoji, Hirotaka, Miyakawa, Tsuyoshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.03.2020; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: BALB/cA; Behavior; depression; inbred strain; Light; mouse model; Original; Physiology; repeated restraint stress; Stress; Sucrose; Japan; BALB/cA; depression; repeated restraint stress; inbred strain; mouse model

Aims Restraint stress is one of the most widely used experimental methods for generating rodent models of stress‐induced neuropsychiatric disorders, such as depression and anxiety. Although various types of restraint apparatuses have been used to expose animals to stress, the magnitudes of the effec...