Early social enrichment provided by communal nest increases resilience to depression-like behavior more in female than in male mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-76

  D'Andrea, Ivana ^a   Gracci, Fiorenza ^a   Alleva, Enrico ^a   Branchi, Igor ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anhedonia; Animal models; Early experiences; Elevated plus maze; Forced swim test; Gender differences; Psychiatric disorders

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TASTE PREFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEPRESSION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MICE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SWIMMING;

EID: 77955845034     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.06.030     Document Type: Article

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