Effects of daily and acute restraint stress during lactation on maternal aggression and behavior in mice

Stress

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 171-180

  Gammie, Stephen C ^a   Stevenson, Sharon A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Corticotropin releasing factor; Depression; Fear; Maternal aggression; Mice

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; PROTEIN C FOS;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROOMING; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LACTATION; LICKING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PUERPERIUM; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; STRESS;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PREGNANCY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33750076680     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10253890600969106     Document Type: Article

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