Cognitive, emotional and neurochemical effects of repeated maternal separation in adolescent rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1518, Issue , 2013, Pages 82-90

  Li, Man ^a   Xue, Xiaofang ^a   Shao, Shuang ^a   Shao, Feng ^a   Wang, Weiwen ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

5 HT1A receptor; Anxiety; Dopamine D2 receptor; Hippocampus; Maternal separation; Nucleus accumbens; Prefrontal cortex; Prepulse inhibition

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MAZE TEST; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1A; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84878766587     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.04.026     Document Type: Article

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