Inheritable effect of unpredictable maternal separation on behavioral responses in mice

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue FEBRUARY, 2011, Pages

  Weiss, Isabelle C ^a   Franklin, Tamara B ^a   Vizi, Sándor ^a   Mansuy, Isabelle M ^a  

^a University of Zurich Brain Research Institute   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing factor receptor; Epigenetic; Inheritance; Unpredictable maternal separation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 2;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MATERNAL STRESS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 84855220284     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2011.00003     Document Type: Article

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