Periodic maternal separation decreases hippocampal neurogenesis without affecting basal corticosterone during the stress hyporesponsive period, but alters HPA axis and coping behavior in adulthood

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 410-420

  Lajud, Naima ^a   Roque, Angélica ^a   Cajero, Marco ^b   Gutiérrez Ospina, Gabriel ^c   Torner, Luz ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Adverse experiences; Brain development; Bromodeoxyuridine; Corticosterone; Dentate gyrus; Depression; Early life programming; HPA axis; Neurogenesis; Postnatal stress

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MAZE LEARNING; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NEUROGENESIS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856583363     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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