Social enrichment during postnatal development induces transgenerational effects on emotional and reproductive behavior in mice

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue SEP, 2009, Pages

  Curley, James P ^a   Davidson, Stephanie ^a   Bateson, Patrick ^b   Champagne, Frances A ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Balb c; Communal nesting; Maternal care; Oxytocin; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949491239     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.08.025.2009     Document Type: Article

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