Stress in Neonatal Rats with Different Maternal Care Backgrounds: Monoaminergic and Hormonal Responses

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2351-2359

  Henriques, T P ^a,b   Szawka, R E ^c   Diehl, L A ^a,b   de Souza, M A ^a,b   Correa C N ^a,b   Aranda, B C C ^a,b   Sebben, V ^a   Franci, C R ^d   Anselmo Franci, J A ^d   Silveira, P P ^a,b   de Almeida, R M M ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas e da Saude Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Dopamine; Maternal care; Neonatal stress; Oxytocin; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE; OXYTOCIN; BIOGENIC AMINE; HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVERSION; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LICKING; MALE; MARE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NESTING; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; HORMONES; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84912068686     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: 15736903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-014-1434-8     Document Type: Article

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