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. 2011 Sep 21;36(13):2589–2602. doi: 10.1038/npp.2011.220

Table 1. Effects of Exposure to Stressors.

Reference Sex Stressor Duration Proliferation Short survival Long survival
Physiologically based stressors
Keilhoff et al (2006) M Olfactory bulbectomy N/A    
Jha et al (2006) M PCPA injection 5 d  
  M 5,7-DHT infusion N/A 0   0
Cameron and Gould (1994) M Cort injection 2 d    
Ekstrand et al (2008) M Cort injection 7 d    
Tanapat et al (2001) M Predator odor 3 h 0
Hill et al (2006) M Predator odor 1 h    
Thomas et al (2006) M Predator odor 20 m 0    
Duric and McCarson (2006) M Inflammatory pain 1 0    
      2 w    
Kraus et al (2010) M Noise trauma 2 h  
Guzman-Marin et al (2007) M Sleep fragmentation 1 d 0    
      4 or 7 d    
Mueller et al (2008) M Sleep fragmentation 4 d    
 
Socially based stressors
Czeh et al (2002) M Social defeat 18 d  
Kozorovitskiy and Gould (2004) M Social stress 3 d 0  
Thomas et al (2007) M Social defeat 20 m 0
Hanson et al (2011b) M Resident-intruder 3 w 0 0 0
 
Inescapable environmental stressors
Heine et al (2005) M Chronic unpredictable stress 3 w    
Jayatissa et al (2006) M Chronic mild stress 6 w    
Lee et al (2006) M Chronic mild stress 3 w 0  
Xu et al (2007) M Chronic unpredictable stress 3 w    
An et al (2008) M Chronic unpredictable stress 4 w    
Silva et al (2008) M Chronic mild stress 14 d    
Pham et al (2003) M Restraint 2 or 6 h 0    
      21 d   0
      6 w     0
Vollmayr et al (2003) M Restraint 45 m    
Luo et al (2005) M Restraint 1 w    
Rosenbrock et al (2005) M Restraint 3 h 0    
      2 w    
Duric and McCarson (2006) M Restraint 45 m 0    
Xu et al (2006) M Restraint 2 w    
Hanson et al (2011b) M Restraint 2 h 0    
Stranahan et al (2006) M Forced swim 10 d    
Malberg and Duman (2003) M Inescapable footshock 1 h   0
Vollmayr et al (2003) M Inescapable footshock 1 h 0 0
Westenbroek et al (2004) M Inescapable footshock 1 w 0    
      3 w    
  F Inescapable footshock 1 w 0    
Pham et al (2005) M Unconditioned footshock 5 m 0    
Bland et al (2006) M Inescapable tail shock 1 h  
Shors et al (2007) M Inescapable footshock 30 m    
  F Inescapable footshock 30 m 0    
Chen et al (2006) M Inescapable tail shock 1 w    
Dagyte et al (2009) M Inescapable footshock 20 m 0    
      3 w   0
Hanson et al (2011b) M Inescapable tail shock 1 or 3 d 0    
 
Learning-associated stressors
Malberg and Duman (2003) M Escapable footshock 1 h 0    
Pham et al (2005) M Context learning (footshock) 5 m 0  
Van der Borght et al (2005) M Active shock avoidance 1 d 0 0  
      4 d 0 0  
Bland et al (2006) M Escapable tail shock 1 h 0   0
Shors et al (2007) M Escapable footshock 30 m    
  F Escapable footshock 30 m 0    
Mohapel et al (2006) M Water maze 4 d 0 0  
      2 w  
Aztiria et al (2007) M Water maze 7 d    

Abbreviations: PCPA, para-chlorophenylalanine; 5,7-DHT, 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine; N/A, not applicable.

All listed results regard adult rats. Short survival=7–14 days; long survival=21–28 days. 0, no effect, −, decrease, +, increase.