Behavioural and physiological responses of heifer calves to acute stressors: Long-term consistency and relationship with adult reactivity to milking

Authors: Cornelis G. Van Reenen, Jozef T. N. Van der Werf, Niamh E. O’Connell, Leonie F. M. Heutinck, Hans A. M. Spoolder, R. Bryan Jones, Jaap M. Koolhaas, Harry J. Blokhuis

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavioural test, dairy cattle, development, fearfulness, hpa axis, individual differences, temperament

2013

Physiological and hormonal responses to novelty exposure in rats are mainly related to ongoing behavioral activity

Authors: W. Beerling, J. M. Koolhaas, A. Ahnaou, J. A. Bouwknecht, S. F. de Boer, P. Meerlo, W. H. I. M. Drinkenburg

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: behavioral activity, body temperature, heart rate, novelty stress, plasma corticosterone, rat

2011

Stress revisited: A critical evaluation of the stress concept

Authors: J. M. Koolhaas, A. Bartolomucci, B. Buwalda, S. F. de Boer, G. Flügge, S. M. Korte, P. Meerlo, R. Murison, B. Olivier, P. Palanza, G. Richter-Levin, A. Sgoifo, T. Steimer, O. Stiedl, G. van Dijk, M. Wöhr, E. Fuchs

Publication/Journal: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Keywords: adaptation, adrenaline, allostasis, controllability, hpa axis, metabolism, noradrenaline, predictability, stress, stress response, sympathetic activity

2011

A new animal welfare concept based on allostasis

Authors: S. Mechiel Korte, Berend Olivier, Jaap M. Koolhaas

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: allostasis, allostatic load, allostatic state, animal welfare, disease, homeostasis, stress

2007

The Darwinian concept of stress: benefits of allostasis and costs of allostatic load and the trade-offs in health and disease

Authors: S. Mechiel Korte, Jaap M. Koolhaas, John C. Wingfield, Bruce S. McEwen

Publication/Journal: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Keywords: allostasis, allostatic load, allostatic state, amygdala, atypical depression, birds, brain, chronic fatigue, coping, darwin, doves, evolution, evolutionary stable strategy, fight–flight, freeze–hide, hawks, hippocampus, human, locus coeruleus, melancholic depression, natural selection, prefrontal cortex, psychosis, rat, stress

2005

Strain-specific aggressive behavior of male mice submitted to different husbandry procedures

Authors: P. L. P. Van Loo, E. Van der Meer, C. L. J. J. Kruitwagen, J. M. Koolhaas, L. F. M. Van Zutphen, V. Baumans

Publication/Journal: Aggressive Behavior

Keywords: aggression, environmental enrichment, husbandry, male mice, welfare

2003

Effects of environmental enrichment on behavioral responses to novelty, learning, and memory, and the circadian rhythm in cortisol in growing pigs

Authors: Ingrid C. de Jong, Ina T. Prelle, Johan A. van de Burgwal, Elbert Lambooij, S. Mechiel Korte, Harry J. Blokhuis, Jaap M. Koolhaas

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: circadian rhythm, cortisol, environmental enrichment, memory, novelty, pigs

2000

Modulation of Aggression in Male Mice: Influence of Cage Cleaning Regime and Scent Marks

Authors: P.L.P VanLoo, C.L.J.J. Kruitwagen, L.F.M. Van Zutphen, J.M. Koolhaas, V. Baumans

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: aggression, animal welfare, kinship, mice, nesting material, olfactory cues

2000

Coping styles in animals: current status in behavior and stress physiology

Authors: J.M Koolhaas, S.M. Korteb, S.F. De Boer, B.J. Van Der Vegt, C.G. Van Reenen,, H. Hopster, I.C. De Jong, M.A.W. Ruis, H.J. Blokhuis

Publication/Journal: Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Keywords: aggression, coping, corticosterone, disease, stress

1999

Effects of straw bedding on physiological responses to stressors and behavior in growing pigs

Authors: Ingrid C. de Jong, E. Dinand Ekkel, Johan A. van de Burgwal, Elbert Lambooij, S. Mechiel Korte, Marko A. W. Ruis, Jaap M. Koolhaas, Harry J. Blokhuis

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: body temperature, cortisol, environmental enrichment, heart rate, pigs' behavior, pigs' behaviour

1998

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