Early motherhood in rats is associated with a modification of hippocampal function

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 803-812

  Darnaudéry, Muriel ^a   Perez Martin, Margarita ^b   Del Favero, Fabien ^a   Gomez Roldan, Carmen ^b   Garcia Segura, Luis Miguel ^c   Maccari, Stefania ^a,d  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b Faculty of Health Sciences   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Estrogens; Female; Glucocorticoids; Lactation; Neurogenesis; Spatial learning and memory

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LONG TERM MEMORY; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MAZE TEST; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COGNITION; CORTICOSTERONE; DENTATE GYRUS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAZE LEARNING; MOTHERS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 34547495255     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2007.05.012     Document Type: Article

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