Maternal care, gene expression, and the development of individual differences in stress reactivity

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 896, Issue , 1999, Pages 66-84

  Francis, Darlene D ^a   Champagne, Frances A ^a   Liu, Dong ^a   Meaney, Michael J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE; CATECHOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PROGENY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033378820     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb08106.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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