… of others studying environmental enrichment using different protocols, this paper outlines
a theory that the mild daily stresses of the enriched lifestyle are adaptive and inoculate rats to …

… has been suggested to represent a mechanism of stress inoculation. The … hypotheses.
Future research is necessary to fully elucidate the processes by which environmental enrichment …

… further consistent with the ‘inoculation stress hypothesis’, suggesting that the variety of
morphological and molecular changes initiated by EE can improve stress resilience (Crofton et al.…

… We hypothesize that both EE and re-pairing will reverse the negative cardiovascular
consequences and reduce depressive behaviors associated with deprivation from a socially …

… defeat stress (SD). In the present study, we hypothesized that enrichment before SD can
confer stress … Thus, an inoculation against distressful stimulation was achieved by eustressful …

… to either environmental enrichment or brief handling “stress” by … voles to either environmental
enrichment continuously or 10 … Here, we hypothesized that stress inoculation via handling …

… Some authors have proposed that the benefits of EE on anxiety-like behavior are not
clear, and proposed the ‘stress inoculation’ hypothesis of EE as a form of chronic mild …

… interaction and sensorimotor stimulation provided by environmental enrichment (EE) exert
several … Based on the inoculation stress hypothesis, chronic exposure to EE will inoculate …

… We also reported that the stress-induced release of dopamine … that environmental enrichment
reduces the reactivity to stress of … We further hypothesize that the positive effects on stress …

… Here, we therefore test the hypothesis that housing with preferred enrichments enhances …
, animals being ‘toughened up or ‘stress inoculated’ through habituation to suddenness or …