Early weaning results in less active behaviour, accompanied by lower 5-HT1A and higher 5-HT2A receptor mRNA expression in specific brain regions of female pigs

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1077-1092

  Sumner, Barbara E H ^a   D'Eath, Richard B ^b   Farnworth, Mark J ^b   Robson, Sheena ^b   Russell, John A ^c   Lawrence, Alistair B ^b   Jarvis, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Centres for Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Depression; Early weaning; Maternal deprivation; Open field test; Pig; Serotonin; Swine

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; KETANSERIN; MESSENGER RNA; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; TRITIUM;

ALERTNESS; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DEPRESSION; EARLY WEANING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HABITUATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGAND BINDING; LOCOMOTION; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REARING; SWINE; VOCALIZATION; WEANING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1A; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2A; RNA, MESSENGER; SWINE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WEANING;

EID: 49049093980     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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