Adversity Before Conception Will Affect Adult Progeny in Rats

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-16

  Shachar Dadon, Alice ^a   Schulkin, Jay ^b   Leshem, Micah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

female stress; preconception; pregestation; prenatal; rats

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL STRESS; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STARTLE REFLEX; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STARTLE REACTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58449101506     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014030     Document Type: Article

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