Interpreting stress responses during routine toxicity studies: a review of the biology, impact, and assessment

NE Everds, PW Snyder, KL Bailey… - Toxicologic …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Stress often occurs during toxicity studies. The perception of sensory stimuli as stressful
primarily results in catecholamine release and activation of the hypothalamic–pituitary …

Emotional stress and cardiovascular complications in animal models: a review of the influence of stress type

CC Crestani - Frontiers in physiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Emotional stress has been recognized as a modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular
diseases. The impact of stress on physiological and psychological processes is determined …

Facial indicators of positive emotions in rats

K Finlayson, JF Lampe, S Hintze, H Würbel, L Melotti - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Until recently, research in animal welfare science has mainly focused on negative
experiences like pain and suffering, often neglecting the importance of assessing and …

[PDF][PDF] Blood pressure regulation in stress: focus on nitric oxide-dependent mechanisms

A Puzserova, I Bernatova - Physiol Res, 2016 - paulwulleman.be
Blood Pressure Regulation in Stress: Focus on Nitric Oxide-Dependent Mechanisms Page 1
PHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH ISSN 0862-8408(print) ISSN 1802-9973(online) © 2016 Institute …

T lymphocytes and vascular inflammation contribute to stress-dependent hypertension

PJ Marvar, A Vinh, S Thabet, HE Lob, D Geem… - Biological …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Psychological stress is a significant risk factor for hypertension and also
directly affects the immune system. We have previously reported that T lymphocytes are …

[HTML][HTML] Paraventricular nucleus modulates autonomic and neuroendocrine responses to acute restraint stress in rats

C Busnardo, RF Tavares, LBM Resstel, LLK Elias… - Autonomic …, 2010 - Elsevier
The paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN) has been implicated in several
aspects of neuroendocrine and cardiovascular control. The PVN contains parvocellular …

Heart rates of male and female Sprague–Dawley and spontaneously hypertensive rats housed singly or in groups

T Azar, J Sharp, D Lawson - Journal of the American …, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
This study was conducted to confirm our previous reports that group housing lowered basal
heart rate and various evoked heart-rate responses in Sprague–Dawley male and female …

Elevated plasma cortisol in glucose-intolerant men: differences in responses to glucose and habituation to venepuncture

RM Reynolds, BR Walker, HE Syddall… - The Journal of …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Recent evidence suggests that variations in cortisol activity within the physiological range
contribute to associations between multiple cardiovascular risk factors. Plasma cortisol …

Effects of Salvia sclarea on chronic immobilization stress induced endothelial dysfunction in rats

HJ Yang, KY Kim, P Kang, HS Lee, GH Seol - BMC complementary and …, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Background Although Salvia sclarea (clary sage) is widely used in aromatherapy
and has antioxidant and antimicrobial properties, its mechanisms of action remain poorly …

Global disturbances in autonomic function yield cardiovascular instability and hypertension in the chromogranin a null mouse

JR Gayen, Y Gu, DT O'Connor, SK Mahata - Endocrinology, 2009 - academic.oup.com
We reported previously that chromogranin A (Chga) knockout (KO) mice are hypertensive
and hyperadrenergic. Here we sought to determine the basis of such alterations by probing …