Dissociation in the effects of neonatal maternal separations on maternal care and the offspring's HPA and fear responses in rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1017-1024

  Macrí, Simone ^a   Mason, Georgia J ^b   Würbel, Hanno ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Early handling; Fear; Maternal care; Maternal separation; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEAR; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; RATS;

EID: 4344661643     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03541.x     Document Type: Article

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