PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS: AN INTERESTING SUBJECT FOR STUDIES OF SOCIALLY INDUCED STRESS RESPONSES.
White-footed mice, Peromyscus leucopus, possess several characteristics which make them interesting subjects for the experimental study of social interactions and stress physiology: tolerance of very high cage densities among social congeners; marked behavioral intolerance among social strangers; exceptionally large adrenal glands; and adrenal and eosinophil responses sensitive to social disturbance.
D000311:Adrenal Glands; D000818:Animals; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D051379:Mice; D010542:Peromyscus; D010829:Physiological Phenomena; D011593:Psychology, Social; D012106:Research; D013312:Stress, Physiological
EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY; MICE; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; STRESS