Neurodevelopment milestone abnormalities in rats exposed to stress in early life

Neuroscience

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1022-1033

  Mesquita, A R ^a   Pego J M ^a   Summavielle, T ^b   Maciel, P ^a   Almeida, O F X ^c   Sousa, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

maternal separation; monoaminergic systems; neurological reflexes; vestibular area

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; GROWTH; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MATURATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLEX;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CORTICOSTERONE; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); EMBRYO; FEMALE; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFLEX; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34547102233     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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