Social deprivation of neonatal, adolescent, and adult rats has distinct neurochemical and behavioral consequences

Critical Reviews in Neurobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 129-162

  Hall, F Scott ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Dopamine; Maternal deprivation; Serotonin; Social deprivation; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RAT; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 0031979135     PISSN: 08920915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevNeurobiol.v12.i1-2.50     Document Type: Review

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