Neuroendocrine responses in neonatal mother-deprived rabbits

Brain Research

Volumn 1304, Issue , 2009, Pages 105-112

  Brecchia, Gabriele ^a   Bonanno, Adriana ^c   Dall'Aglio, Cecilia ^b   Mercati, Francesca ^b   Zerani, Massimo ^d   Di Grigoli, Antonino ^c   Boiti, Cristiano ^a  

^a Laboratorio di Biotecnologie fisiologiche   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adrenal axis; Corticosterone; Glucocorticoid receptor; Hippocampus; Maternal separation; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ADAPTATION; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRESS; SUCKLING;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CORTICOSTERONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 70350752948     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.09.057     Document Type: Article

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