Paternal deprivation affects the development of corticotrophin-releasing factor-expressing neurones in prefrontal cortex, amygdala and hippocampus of the biparental Octodon degus

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1166-1176

  Seidel, K ^a   Poeggel, G ^b   Holetschka, R ^b   Helmeke, C ^a   Braun, K ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epigenetic; Immunocytochemistry; Limbic; Orbitofrontal cortex; Parental care

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; OCTODON; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRATUM PYRAMIDALE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FATHERS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; OCTODON; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 80054763519     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2011.02208.x     Document Type: Article

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