Maternal separation induces alterations in reversal learning and brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression in adult rats

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 243-249

  Xue, Xiaofang ^a   Shao, Shuang ^a   Wang, Weiwen ^b   Shao, Feng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Maternal and sibling separation; Medial prefrontal cortex; Reversal learning

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MAZE TEST; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SIBLING RELATION; SPATIAL LEARNING; ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MAZE LEARNING; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; REVERSAL LEARNING;

EID: 84890518863     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: 14230224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000356188     Document Type: Article

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