Adolescence as a vulnerable period to alter rodent behavior

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 354, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 99-106

  Schneider, Miriam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Mice; Neurodevelopment; Neuropsychiatric disorders; Puberty; Rats

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN MATURATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RODENT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; MENTAL DISEASE; MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; MICE; RATS; RODENTIA; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 84885589235     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-013-1581-2     Document Type: Review

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