Effects of maternal separation on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal responses, cognition and vulnerability to stress in adult female rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1218-1226

  Aisa, B ^a   Tordera, R ^a   Lasheras, B ^a   Del Rio J ^a   Ramirez M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

elevated plus maze; forced swimming test; glucocorticoid receptor; mifepristone; novel object recognition test; propranolol

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MIFEPRISTONE; PROPRANOLOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COGNITION; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 45849131649     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.05.011     Document Type: Article

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