Comparison of maternal separation and early handling in terms of their neurobehavioral effects in aged rats

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 457-466

  Lehmann, Julia ^a   Pryce, Christopher R ^a   Jongen Rêlo, Ana L ^a   Stöhr, Thomas ^a   Pothuizen, Helen H J ^a   Feldon, Joram ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Early handling; Hippocampus; Nonhandling; Repeated maternal separation; Spatial cognition; Wistar rat

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIFESPAN; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MAZE LEARNING; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036223956     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(01)00320-7     Document Type: Article

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