Motherhood induces and maintains behavioral and neural plasticity across the lifespan in the rat

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-56

  Kinsley, Craig Howard ^a   Bardi, Massimo ^a   Karelina, Kate ^a   Rima, Brandi ^a   Christon, Lillian ^a   Friedenberg, Julia ^a   Griffin, Garrett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Fear conditioning; Hippocampus; Learning; Maternal behavior; Maternal memory; Neural plasticity; Steroid hormones; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LIFESPAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PREY; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STRESS;

AGING; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BRAIN; FEAR; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HIPPOCAMPUS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL RECALL; MOTIVATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RATS;

EID: 38349179247     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-007-9277-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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