Single or multiple reproductive experiences attenuate neurobehavioral stress and fear responses in the female rat

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 373-381

  Wartella, Jennifer ^a   Amory, Elizabeth ^a   Macbeth, Abbe ^a   McNamara, Ilan ^a   Stevens, Lillian ^a   Lambert, Kelly G ^b   Kinsley, Craig H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^b RANDOLPH MACON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fear; Neurobehavioral stress; Reproductive experiences

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS;

ADAPTATION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; BREEDING; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LACTATION; LEARNING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MULTIPARA; NONHUMAN; NULLIPARA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS; WEANING;

EID: 0041883059     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(03)00150-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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