Developmental Changes in Desensitisation of c-Fos Expression Induced by Repeated Maternal Separation in Pre-Weaned Mice

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 158-167

  Horii Hayashi, N ^a   Sasagawa, T ^a   Matsunaga, W ^a   Matsusue, Y ^a   Azuma, C ^a   Nishi, M ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C Fos; Corticosterone; Development; HPA axis; Maternal separation; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BRAIN; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WEANING;

EID: 84873034084     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2012.02377.x     Document Type: Article

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