Neonatal handling enhances contextual fear conditioning and alters corticosterone stress responses in young rats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-40

  Beane, Melinda L ^a   Cole, Michael A ^a   Spencer, Robert L ^a   Rudy, Jerry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Contextual fear conditioning; Corticosterone; Handling; Hippocampus; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

EID: 0036157773     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.2001.1725     Document Type: Article

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