Early maternal deprivation in rats: A proposed animal model for the study of developmental neuroimmunoendocrine interactions

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1153, Issue , 2009, Pages 176-183

  De La Fuente, M ^a   Llorente, R ^a   Baeza, I ^a   De Castro, N M ^a   Arranz, L ^a   Cruces, J ^a   Viveros, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Behavioral changes; Corticosterone; Immune system; Maternal deprivation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN REGION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 60349107356     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2008.03979.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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