Maternal separation altered behavior and neuronal spine density without influencing amphetamine sensitization

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-16

  Muhammad, Arif ^a   Kolb, Bryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Addiction; Amphetamine; Behavioral sensitization; Maternal separation stress; Plasticity; Rough and tumble play

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL DENSITY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DRUG SENSITIZATION; EMOTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; ORBITAL FRONTAL CORTEX; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLAY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; ATROPHY; BRAIN; DENDRITIC SPINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79955676867     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.04.015     Document Type: Article

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