Coping with defeat: acute glucocorticoid and forebrain responses to social defeat vary with defeat episode behaviour

Abstract Individuals vary in the way in which they cope with stressful situations. It has been suggested that ‘active’ coping behaviour, characterised by aggression and territorial control, is more effective in moderating the stress associated with social defeat than ‘passive’ coping behaviour, as c...

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Published in:	Neuroscience Vol. 162; no. 2; pp. 244 - 253
Main Authors:	Walker, F.R, Masters, L.M, Dielenberg, R.A, Day, T.A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 18-08-2009 Elsevier
Subjects:	Adaptation, Psychological Aggression Animals Biological and medical sciences Conflict (Psychology) coping Corticosterone - blood Dominance-Subordination Female Fos Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology HPA Male Neurology Prosencephalon - metabolism Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos - metabolism Rats Rats, Sprague-Dawley social defeat stress Stress, Psychological - metabolism Stress, Psychological - psychology Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs centimeters ACTH MeA plasma corticosterone levels prior to defeat encounter PVN phosphate-buffered saline ventral lateral septum BSA central amygdala mg ID kilogram milliamps coping dorsal bed nucleus of the stria terminalis PBS international units hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal maximum plasma corticosterone level 15 or 30 min after onset of the defeat encounter minutes i.p Fos PL PFC IU internal diameter infralimbic medial prefrontal cortex CORT dBNST HPA vBNST bovine serum albumin paraventricular nucleus IL PFC Peak CORT milligram prelimbic medial prefrontal cortex AUC CORT social defeat medial amygdala min analysis of variance ANOVA area under the curve for plasma corticosterone ventral bed nucleus of the stria terminalis kg stress Base CORT intraperitoneal g gram adrenocorticotrophic hormone cm mA corticosterone vLS CeA Acute fos Gene Central nervous system Behavior Glucocorticoid Stress Prosencephalon
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