Maternal Separation during Breastfeeding Induces Gender-Dependent Changes in Anxiety and the GABA-A Receptor Alpha-Subunit in Adult Wistar Rats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  León Rodríguez, Diego Armando ^a   Dueñas, Zulma ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA1; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT ANIMAL; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MAZE TEST; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT; RODENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; WISTAR RAT; ANIMAL; BRAIN; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTATION; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BRAIN; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84879524424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068010     Document Type: Article

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