Environmental enrichment delays pup-induced maternal behavior in rats

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 371-382

  Mann, Phyllis E ^a   Gervais, Kristen J ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Corticosterone; Elevated plus maze; Environmental enrichment; Maternal behavior; Nulliparous; Stress; Virgin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS;

EID: 79954415152     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20526     Document Type: Article

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