Adolescent female rats are more resistant than males to the effects of early stress on prefrontal cortex and impulsive behavior

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 277-288

  Spivey, Jaclyn M ^a   Shumake, Jason ^a   Colorado, Rene A ^a   Conejo Jimenez, Nelida ^b   Gonzalez Pardo, Hector ^b   Gonzalez Lima, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

ADHD; Adolescence; Females; Maternal separation; Neonatal stress; Prefrontal cortex; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MATERNAL STRESS; NEONATAL STRESS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL STRESS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT; REARING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THICKNESS;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORGAN SIZE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

RATTUS;

EID: 66149125305     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20362     Document Type: Article

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