Environmental prenatal stress alters sexual dimorphism of maternal behavior in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 284-288

  Pérez Laso, Carmen ^a   Segovia, Santiago ^a   Martín, José Luis R ^a   Ortega, Esperanza ^b   Gómez, Francisco ^c   Del Cerro, M Cruz R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c IMSALUD   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accessory olfactory bulb; Brain development; Corticosterone; Maternal behavior; Prenatal stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANNIBALISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATURITY; MITRAL CELL; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 38049180953     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2007.09.029     Document Type: Article

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