Predation threat exerts specific effects on rat maternal behaviour and anxiety-related behaviour of male and female offspring

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 96, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 693-702

  Mashoodh, Rahia ^a   Sinal, Christopher J ^b   Perrot Sinal, Tara S ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

GR; Hippocampus; Maternal behaviour; NGFI A; Predator odour; Sex difference; Stress

Indexed keywords

EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPE; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; THREAT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANXIETY; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMPRINTING (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 60249096516     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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