Abnormal behavioral and neurotrophic development in the younger sibling receiving less maternal care in a communal nursing paradigm in rats

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 392-402

  Macrì, Simone ^a,b   Laviola, Giovanni ^a   Leussis, Melanie P ^b   Andersen, Susan L ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Anxiety; Communal nursing; Early experiences; Neurotrophins; Rats

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LACTATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RAT; REARING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRTH ORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MAZE LEARNING; MENTAL DISORDERS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 77649275709     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.07.016     Document Type: Article

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