Effects of maternal separation on the neurobehavioral development of newborn Wistar rats

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 208-214

  Farkas, Jozsef ^a   Reglodi, Dora ^a   Gaszner, Balazs ^a   Szogyi, Donat ^a   Horvath, Gabor ^a   Lubics, Andrea ^a   Tamas, Andrea ^a   Frank, Falko ^a   Besirevic, Dario ^a   Kiss, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Maternal deprivation; Motor coordination; Neurodevelopment; Reflex; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR; EYE; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GAIT; GRIP STRENGTH; INCISOR; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MOTHER; MOTOR COORDINATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLEX; RIGHTING REFLEX; ROTAROD TEST; SENSORY SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOOTH ERUPTION; WALKING; WEIGHT GAIN; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFLEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 64049116980     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2008.12.011     Document Type: Article

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