Transgenerational effects of social stress on social behavior, corticosterone, oxytocin, and prolactin in rats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 386-393

  Babb, Jessica A ^a   Carini, Lindsay M ^a   Spears, Stella L ^a   Nephew, Benjamin C ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Autism; Corticosterone; Early life stress; Oxytocin; Postpartum depression; Prolactin; Social behavior; Social stress; Transgenerational

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; OXYTOCIN; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; JUVENILE; LACTATION DISORDER; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RAT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION TEST; SOCIAL STRESS; TRANSGENERATIONAL EFFECT; AGE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; MALE; OXYTOCIN; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84897433493     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.03.005     Document Type: Article

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