The effects of early postnatal stimulation on Morris water-maze acquisition in adult mice: Genetic and maternal factors

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 227-239

  Zaharia, Marilee D ^a   Kulczycki, Jerzy ^a   Shanks, Nola ^b   Meaney, Michael J ^c   Anisman, Hymie ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Inbred strains; Morris water maze; Neonatal handling; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; DIAZEPAM; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HEREDITY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DIAZEPAM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS;

EID: 0029850080     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050130     Document Type: Article

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