Psychosocial maternal stress during pregnancy: Effects on reproduction for F0 and F1 generation laboratory rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 93, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 1055-1060

  Götz, Alexander A ^a   Wolf, Martin ^a   Stefanski, Volker ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breeding period; Litter size; Prenatal stress; Pup survival; Reproduction; Sex ratio; Social maternal stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL STRESS; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL STRESS; SURVIVAL RATE; WEANING;

EID: 40749132869     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.01.009     Document Type: Article

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