Long-term neurobehavioural impact of the postnatal environment in rats: Manipulations, effects and mediating mechanisms

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 57-71

  Pryce, Christopher R ^a   Feldon, Joram ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cognition; Early deprivation; Early handling; Early life stress; Emotionality; Maternal behaviour; Maternal separation; Non handling; Postnatal environment; Rat

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DOWN REGULATION; EMOTIONALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MOTIVATION; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BINDING; STRESS;

EID: 0038069368     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(03)00009-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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