Enriched early life experiences reduce adult anxiety-like behavior in rats: A role for insulin-like growth factor 1

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 28, 2013, Pages 11715-11723

  Baldini, Sara ^a,d   Restani, Laura ^b   Baroncelli, Laura ^b   Coltelli, Maila ^c   Franco, Roberta ^c   Cenni, Maria Cristina ^b   Maffei, Lamberto ^a,b   Berardi, Nicoletta ^b,c  

^a SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY LIFE STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MASSAGE; MATERNAL CARE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; VISUAL ACUITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANXIETY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MASSAGE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84880399924     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3541-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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