Early weaning augments neuroendocrine stress responses in mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 96-103

  Kikusui, Takefumi ^a   Nakamura, Kayo ^a   Kakuma, Yoshie ^a   Mori, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Corticosterone; Development; Early weaning; Glucocorticoid receptors

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

AGGRESSIVENESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL STRESS; MOUSE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; WEANING;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX FACTORS; STRESS; WEANING;

EID: 33750616491     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.08.007     Document Type: Article

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