The maternal separation paradigm and adult emotionality and cognition in male and female Wistar rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 705-715

  Lehmann, J ^a   Pryce, C R ^a   Bettschen, D ^a   Feldon, J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Active avoidance; Conditioned freezing; Elevated plus maze; Maternal separation; Open field; Rat; Sex differences; Water maze

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MAZE TEST; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEANING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COGNITION; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0032756834     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(99)00150-1     Document Type: Article

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