Psychological stressors as a model of maternal adversity: Diurnal modulation of corticosterone responses and changes in maternal behavior

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-88

  Léonhardt, Marion ^a   Matthews, Stephen G ^b   Meaney, Michael J ^a   Walker, Claire Dominique ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Diurnal stress response; Forced foraging; Maternal behavior; Maternal stress; Wet bedding

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; FEMALE; FORAGING; HORMONE RESPONSE; LACTATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; LIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33751531152     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.08.008     Document Type: Article

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