Behavioral and neurochemical characterization of maternal care effects on juvenile Sprague-Dawley rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 118, Issue , 2013, Pages 212-217

  Masís Calvo, Marianela ^a   Sequeira Cordero, Andrey ^a   Mora Gallegos, Andrea ^a   Fornaguera Trías, Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Grooming behavior; Maternal care; Monoamines; Sprague Dawley; Stress response

Indexed keywords

MONOAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; GROOMING; HIPPOCAMPUS; JUVENILE; LICKING; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MAZE TEST; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; STRESS;

EID: 84879511337     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.05.033     Document Type: Article

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