Effects of early life social stress on maternal behavior and neuroendocrinology

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 219-228

  Murgatroyd, Christopher A ^a,c   Nephew, Benjamin C ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggression; Anxiety; Depression; Early life stress; Lactation; Maternal behavior; Maternal care; Oxytocin; Postpartum; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; BETA ACTIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PROLACTIN; PROLACTIN RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MODEL; EARLY LIFE STRESS; ENCEPHALE ISOLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROOMING; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; LACTATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; MOOD DISORDER; NESTING; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; RAT; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OXYTOCIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RECEPTORS, PROLACTIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84872839373     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.05.020     Document Type: Article

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