Effects of early life stress on brain activity: Implications from maternal separation model in rodents

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 306-309

  Nishi, Mayumi ^a   Horii Hayashi, Noriko ^a   Sasagawa, Takayo ^a   Matsunaga, Wataru ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C Fos; Contextual fear condition; Corticosterone; Gene expression; HPA axis; Maternal separation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CORTICOSTERONE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EMOTIONALITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HABITUATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WEANING;

EID: 84873057841     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.09.024     Document Type: Article

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