Neurobiology of secure infant attachment and attachment despite adversity: A mouse model

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 673-680

  Roth, T L ^a   Raineki, C ^b,c,d   Salstein, L ^c,d   Perry, R ^c,d   Sullivan Wilson, T A ^c,d   Sloan, A ^c,d   Lalji, B ^c,d   Hammock, E ^e   Wilson, D A ^c,d   Levitt, P ^f   Okutani, F ^g   Kaba, H ^g   Sullivan, R M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal model; Attachment; Infant; Learning; Maltreatment; Memory

Indexed keywords

PEPPERMINT;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVERSION; CAREGIVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; LEARNING; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; POSTNATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ANIMALIA; MENTHA X PIPERITA; MUS; RATTUS;

ANIMAL MODEL; ATTACHMENT; INFANT; LEARNING; MALTREATMENT; MEMORY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MICE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; ODORS; OLFACTORY BULB;

EID: 84884975534     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12067     Document Type: Article

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