Long-term effects of maternal separation on chronic stress response suppressed by amitriptyline treatment

Stress

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 477-481

  Cotella, E M ^a   Mestres Lascano, I ^a   Franchioni, L ^b   Levin, G M ^c   Suarez M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b Hospital de Ninos de la Santisima Trinidad   (Argentina)

^c HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

Author keywords

ACTH; Antidepressants; Corticosterone; Early maternal separation; Stress; Variable stress

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RISK FACTOR; WISTAR RAT;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CORTICOSTERONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84879122767     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2013.775241     Document Type: Article

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