Trans-generational effects of early life stress: The role of maternal behavior

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Schmauss, Claudia ^a,b   Lee McDermott, Zoe ^a   Medina, Liorimar Ramos ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; HISTONE; THEOPHYLLINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; COGNITION; DRUG EFFECT; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GQ-G11; HISTONES; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THEOPHYLLINE;

EID: 84899798561     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04873     Document Type: Article

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