Neonatal maternal separation reduces hippocampal mossy fiber density in adult Long Evans rats

Brain Research

Volumn 950, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 52-63

  Huot, Rebecca L ^a   Plotsky, Paul M ^a   Lenox, Robert H ^b   McNamara, Robert K ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dentate gyrus; Development; Glucocorticoid; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MAZE TEST; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REARING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAINING; STARTLE REFLEX; STRESS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MAZE LEARNING; MOSSY FIBERS, HIPPOCAMPAL; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; STRESS;

EID: 0037144222     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)02985-2     Document Type: Article

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