Environmental enrichment reverses the effects of maternal separation on stress reactivity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 7840-7843

  Francis, Darlene D ^a   Diorio, Josie ^a   Plotsky, Paul M ^b   Meaney, Michael J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing factor; Early experience; Environmental enrichment; Glucocorticoid receptors; Maternal separation; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; RECEPTOR GENE; STRESS;

EID: 0037107176     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-18-07840.2002     Document Type: Article

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