The effects of neonatal amygdala or hippocampus lesions on adult social behavior

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 322, Issue , 2017, Pages 123-137

  Bliss Moreau, Eliza ^a   Moadab, Gilda ^a   Santistevan, Anthony ^a   Amaral, David G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Development; Hippocampus; Macaca mulatta; Rhesus macaque; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RHESUS MONKEY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STEREOTYPY; STRESS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL HOUSING; DISEASE MODEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MENTAL STRESS; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE;

IBOTENIC ACID;

AMYGDALA; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; IBOTENIC ACID; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85009840540     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2016.11.052     Document Type: Article

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