Olfactory association learning and brain-derived neurotrophic factor in an animal model of early deprivation

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 333-344

  Zimmerberg, Betty ^a   Foote, Hannah E ^a   Van Kempen, Tracey A ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF; Early deprivation; Early stress; Hippocampus; Maternal separation; Neonatal isolation; Odor; Olfactory bulb; Olfactory conditioning

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MILK; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUCKLING; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MILK; ODORS; OLFACTORY BULB; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEX FACTORS; SMELL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68049099184     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20373     Document Type: Article

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