Offspring-exposure reduces depressive-like behaviour in the parturient female rat

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-61

  Pawluski, Jodi L ^a   Lieblich, Stephanie E ^a   Galea, Liisa A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Elevated plus maze; Forced swim test; Lactation; Licking grooming; Nursing; Open field test; Parity; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; IMMOBILIZATION; MAZE TEST; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NONHUMAN; NULLIPARA; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SENSITIZATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PARITY; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 57649185362     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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