Maternal deprivation induces depressive-like behaviours only in female rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 278-287

  Mourlon, Vanessa ^a,b,c   Baudin, Aurélie ^a,b   Blanc, Orianne ^a,b   Lauber, Andrea ^a,b,d   Giros, Bruno ^a,b,e   Naudon, Laurent ^a,b   Daugé, Valérie ^a,b  

^a Groupe Enzymologie Moléculaire et Fonctionnelle   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anhedonia; Depression model; Forced swimming; Maternal deprivation; Object location; Object recognition; Rat; Sucrose consumption

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MEMORY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SWIMMING;

EID: 77953913110     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.05.017     Document Type: Article

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