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Science 3 January 1964:
Vol. 143. no. 3601, pp. 55 - 56
DOI: 10.1126/science.143.3601.55
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Peromyscus leucopus: An Interesting Subject for Studies of Socially Induced Stress Responses

Charles H. Southwick 1

1 Department of Pathobiology, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

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.


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