Maternal separation produces alterations of forebrain brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression in differently aged rats

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue september, 2015, Pages

  Wang, Qiong ^a   Shao, Feng ^a   Wang, Weiwen ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF); Hippocampus; Maternal separation; Medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC)

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941006742     PISSN: 16625099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2015.00049     Document Type: Article

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