Neonatal handling alters learning in adult male and female rats in a task-specific manner

Brain Research

Volumn 1154, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 144-153

  Kosten, Therese A ^a   Lee, Hongjoo J ^b   Kim, Jeansok J ^c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aversive conditioning; Emotional reactivity; Hippocampal dependent learning; Maternal separation; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVERSION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; FOOTSHOCK; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; LIFE STRESS; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS;

EID: 34249775474     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.03.081     Document Type: Article

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