Animal models of early life stress: Implications for understanding resilience

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 402-410

  Lyons, David M ^a   Parker, Karen J ^a   Schatzberg, Alan F ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cognitive control; Cortisol; Curiosity; Emotion regulation; HPA axis; Prefrontal plasticity; Squirrel monkey

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; AROUSAL; BLOOD; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE MODEL; EMOTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MENTAL STRESS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SQUIRREL MONKEY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AROUSAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMOTIONS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SAIMIRI; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; SAIMIRI;

EID: 77954329952     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20429     Document Type: Review

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