Early deprivation increases exploration and locomotion in adult male Wistar offspring

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 535-544

  Marmendal, Maarit ^a   Eriksson, C J Peter ^b   Fahlke, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol intake; Anxiety; Corticosterone; Early deprivation; Emotionality; Maternal separation; Monoamines; Rat

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; MONOAMINE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PUP (RODENT); RAT; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CORTICOSTERONE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33846193309     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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