Comparison of corticosterone responses to acute stress in mice following different serial blood collection methods.
Our findings suggest that tail vein incision can be used to evaluate neuroendocrine reactivity without exposing mice to restraint procedures. This would improve animal welfare practices in experimental protocols.
Authors
- Cesare Cerri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7909-3673)
- Chiara Musillo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1760-7226)
- Francesca Zoratto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3626-8928)
- Francesca Franchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8202-1213)
- Marta Boffa
Institutions
- Istituto Superiore di Sanità (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2025-06-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4415/ann_25_02_02
- Primary Topic
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00