The maternal deprivation animal model revisited

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 151-163

  Marco, Eva M ^a,b   Llorente, Ricardo ^c   López Gallardo, Meritxell ^a,b   Mela, Virginia ^a   Llorente Berzal, Álvaro ^a   Prada, Carmen ^a,b   Viveros, María Paz ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain; Corticosterone; Endocannabinoid system; Leptin; Maternal deprivation; Neurobehavioral manifestations; Rat; Sex differences; Stress

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CHOLINE; CORTICOSTERONE; CYCLINE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; LEPTIN; NESTIN; PHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE; PROTEIN BAX; VIMENTIN;

BODY WEIGHT; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COGNITION; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EMOTION; ENDOCANNABINOID SYSTEM; ENERGY BALANCE; GENE DISRUPTION; GLUTAMATERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LOCOMOTION; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DISEASE MODEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84922349689     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2015.01.015     Document Type: Review

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