The behavioral and immunological impact of maternal separation: A matter of timing

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Roque, Susana ^a,b   Mesquita, Ana Raquel ^a,b   Palha, Joana A ^a,b   Sousa, Nuno ^a,b   Correia Neves, Margarida ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anxious like behavior; Corticosterone; Depressive like behavior; Maternal separation; T cell CD4 CD8 ratio

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; IMMUNITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 84901460930     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00192     Document Type: Article

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