Pre-reproductive maternal enrichment influences offspring developmental trajectories: Motor behavior and neurotrophin expression

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Caporali, Paola ^a,b   Cutuli, Debora ^a,b   Gelfo, Francesca ^b,c   Laricchiuta, Daniela ^a,b   Foti, Francesca ^a,b   De Bartolo, Paola ^a,b   Mancini, Laura ^a   Angelucci, Francesco ^b   Petrosini, Laura ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

BDNF; Environmental enrichment; Maternal experiences; Motor development; NGF; Pups; Rats

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUP (RODENT); RAT; SEXUAL MATURITY; WEANING;

EID: 84901823926     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00195     Document Type: Article

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