Maternal care, hippocampal synaptogenesis and cognitive development in rats

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 799-806

  Liu, Dong ^a   Diorio, Josie ^a   Day, Jamie C ^a   Francis, Darlene D ^a   Meaney, Michael J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DENSITY; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MATERNAL CARE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GROOMING; HIPPOCAMPUS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0033926720     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/77702     Document Type: Article

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