Neonatal maternal separation-induced changes in glucocorticoid receptor expression in posterior interpositus interneurons but not projection neurons predict deficits in adult eyeblink conditioning

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 460, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 214-218

  Wilber, A A ^a   Wellman, C L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eyeblink conditioning; Glucocorticoid receptors; Immunohistochemistry; Interneuronal modulation; Maternal separation; Principle neurons

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; INTERPOSITUS NUCLEUS; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROMODULATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REARING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLINKING; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID;

EID: 67449141460     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.05.076     Document Type: Article

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