Prenatal exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) increases aggression and modulates maternal behavior in offspring mice

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 71-82

  Svirsky, Natali ^a   Levy, Sigal ^a   Avitsur, Ronit ^a  

^a ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF TEL AVIV YAFFO   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aggression; Fluoxetine; ICR (CD1) mice; Maternal behavior; Nest building; Object memory; Pup retrieval; Serotonin selective reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs); Social behavior; Social exploration; Social memory

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MICE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS;

EID: 84954380676     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21356     Document Type: Article

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