Maternal behavior and offspring resiliency to maternal separation in c57bl/6 mice

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 411-417

  Own, Lawrence S ^a,b   Patel, Paresh D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Neuroscience Graduate Program   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; C57bl 6 mouse; Corticosterone; Early handling; Early life stress; HPA axis; Maternal care; Maternal separation; Postnatal development

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84875051114     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.11.010     Document Type: Article

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