Naturalistic rodent models of chronic early-life stress

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1675-1688

  Molet, Jenny ^a   Maras, Pamela M ^a   Avishai Eliner, Sarit ^a,b   Baram, Tallie Z ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Dementia; Depression; Early life experience; Fragmentation; Hippocampus; Maternal care; Memory; Post traumatic stress disorder; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BRAIN; COMPLICATION; DISEASE MODEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MICE; RATS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84911445683     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21230     Document Type: Review

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