Intensification of maternal care by double-mothering boosts cognitive function and hippocampal morphology in the adult offspring

Hippocampus

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 298-308

  D'Amato, Francesca R ^a   Zanettini, Claudio ^a   Sgobio, Carmelo ^b   Sarli, Celeste ^a   Carone, Valentina ^a   Moles, Anna ^a,b   Ammassari Teule, Martine ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognition; Dendrite arbor; Dendritic spines; Emotionality; Hippocampus; Maternal behavior; Mice

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL STRESS; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; COGNITION; CORTICOSTERONE; DENDRITIC SPINES; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MICE; MOTHERS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 79951868563     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20750     Document Type: Article

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