Implications of temporal variation in maternal care for the prediction of neurobiological and behavioral outcomes in offspring

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-46

  Jensen Peña, Catherine ^a   Champagne, Frances A ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian; High fat diet; Long Evans rats; Medial preoptic area; Open field test

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLOPHILIN A; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROOMING; HYPOTHALAMUS; JUVENILE; LACTATION; LATENT PERIOD; LICKING; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIPID DIET; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; MOUSE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGENY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIET, HIGH-FAT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GROOMING; HYPOTHALAMUS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84875516653     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031219     Document Type: Article

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