Exposure to unpredictable maternal sensory signals influences cognitive development across species

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 114, Issue 39, 2017, Pages 10390-10395

  Davis, Elysia Poggi ^a,b   Stout, Stephanie A ^a   Molet, Jenny ^b   Vegetabile, Brian ^c   Glynn, Laura M ^b,d   Sandman, Curt A ^b   Heins, Kevin ^c   Stern, Hal ^c   Baram, Tallie Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

^d CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain development; Cognition; Cross species; Early experiences; Maternal care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL-FETAL RELATIONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPATIAL MEMORY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85029909354     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1703444114     Document Type: Article

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