Disruption of maternal behaviour by acute conspecific interaction induces selective activation of the lateral periaqueductal grey

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2055-2065

  Pavesi, Elolsa ^a   Enck, Michelle Cabral ^a   De Toledo, Claudio Antonio Barbosa ^b   Terenzi, Mariana Graciela ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b MASTERS AND DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN PHYSICAL THERAPY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Lactation; Maternal behaviour; Opioids; PAG; Stress

Indexed keywords

NALOXONAZINE; NALTREXONE; NORBINALTORPHIMINE; OPIATE; PROTEIN FOS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NURSING; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SOCIAL STRESS; WISTAR RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MICROINJECTIONS; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS V-FOS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34848821901     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05806.x     Document Type: Article

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