Combined pre- and postnatal environmental enrichment programs the HPA axis differentially in male and female rats

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 553-564

  Welberg, L ^a   Thrivikraman, K V ^a   Plotsky, P M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Chronic stress; Constant light; Enrichment; Gestation; Maternal care; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LACTATION; LICKING; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NURSING; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; WEANING; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LIGHT; LONG EVANS RAT; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LACTATION; LIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHOTOPERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS; WEANING;

EID: 33746099829     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2005.11.011     Document Type: Article

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