Postnatal aversive experience impairs sensitivity to natural rewards and increases susceptibility to negative events in adult life

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1606-1617

  Ventura, Rossella ^a,b   Coccurello, Roberto ^a   Andolina, Diego ^a,c   Latagliata, Emanuele Claudio ^a,c   Zanettini, Claudio ^a   Lampis, Valentina ^d   Battaglia, Marco ^d,e,f   D'Amato, Francesca R ^a   Moles, Anna ^a,g  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^g Genomnia   (Italy)

Author keywords

cross fostering; dopamine; norepinephrine; prefrontal cortex; salience attribution

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVERSION; CACAO; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOOD; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; IMMOBILIZATION; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD;

CROSS-FOSTERING; DOPAMINE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SALIENCE ATTRIBUTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MICE; MICRODIALYSIS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REWARD; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84878820780     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs145     Document Type: Article

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