Noise Stress in Laboratory Rodents. I. Behavioral and Endocrine Response of Mice, Rats, and Guinea Pigs
- 1 November 1959
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Acoustical Society of America (ASA) in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
- Vol. 31 (11) , 1430-1437
- https://doi.org/10.1121/1.1907645
Abstract
Mice, rats, and guinea pigs were exposed daily for...to high intensity noise, in the frequency range, 150-4800 cps, at a sound pressure level of about 140 db. The behavioral and endocrine responses differ in the species of the three genera studied. The adrenal response of animals exposed to noise supports the interpretation that noise acts as a physiological stress but does not induce harmful extra-auditory effects. Thus, the endocrine system appears to act as a multiloop feed-back system which compensates for the effects of noise on the central nercous system.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Effects of intense noise on adrenal and plasma cholesterol of miceCellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 1958