Transgenerational effects of infantile adversity and enrichment in male and female rats

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 169-186

  Leshem, Micah ^a   Schulkin, Jay ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adversity; Anxiety; Enriched environment; Rat; Sex differences; Social behavior; Transgenerational

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANXIETY; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

RATTUS;

EID: 84855564292     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20592     Document Type: Article

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