Effects of early life trauma are dependent on genetic predisposition: A rat study

Behavioral and Brain Functions

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sterley, Toni Lee ^a   Howells, Fleur M ^a   Russell, Vivienne A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; LIFE STRESS; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; WISTAR KYOTO RAT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79955647585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17449081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-9081-7-11     Document Type: Article

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