Sex-dependent effects of an early life treatment in rats that increases maternal care: Vulnerability or resilience?

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Fuentes, Sílvia ^a   Daviu, Núria ^a,b   Gagliano, Humberto ^a,b   Garrido, Pedro ^a   Zelena, Dóra ^c   Monasterio, Nela ^a,b   Armario, Antonio ^a,b   Nadal, Roser ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE NEUROCIÈNCIES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Anxiety; HPA axis; Impulsivity; Maternal behavior; Novelty seeking; Sex; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY WEIGHT; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; EARLY LIFE STRESS; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORCED SWIM TEST; GROOMING; IMPULSIVENESS; LICKING; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECOGNITION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STARTLE REFLEX;

EID: 84908313758     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00056     Document Type: Article

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