Maternal care affects the phenotype of a rat model for schizophrenia

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  van Vugt, Ruben W M ^a   Meyer, Francisca ^a   van Hulten, Josephus A ^a   Vernooij, Jeroen ^a   Cools, Alexander R ^a   Verheij, Michel M M ^a,b   Martens, Gerard J M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

(non ) arched back nursing; Apomorphine induced gnawing; Apomorphine susceptible apomorphine unsusceptible rats; Cross fostering; Early postnatal stress; Maternal care; Novelty induced locomotor activity; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905901948     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00268     Document Type: Article

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