Maternal separation with early weaning: A novel mouse model of early life neglect

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  George, Elizabeth D ^a   Bordner, Kelly A ^a   Elwafi, Hani M ^a   Simen, Arthur A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HYPERACTIVITY; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MAZE TEST; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PROGENY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEANING; AGING; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DBA MOUSE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWIMMING;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWIMMING; WEANING;

EID: 77957155780     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-11-123     Document Type: Article

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