Long-lasting effects of maternal separation on an animal model of post-traumatic stress disorder: Effects on memory and hippocampal oxidative stress

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 700-707

  Diehl, Luisa A ^a   Alvares, Lucas O ^a   Noschang, Cristie ^a   Engelke, Douglas ^a   Andreazza, Ana C ^a   Gonçalves, Carlos Alberto S ^a   Quillfeldt, Jorge A ^a   Dalmaz, Carla ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Comet assay; Disorder; Maternal separation; Memory; Oxidative stress; Post traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOOTSHOCK; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MENTAL TASK; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PUP (RODENT); RAT; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MEMORY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84862864565     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: 15736903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-011-0660-6     Document Type: Article

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