Maternal stress and vulnerability to depression: coping and maternal care strategies and its consequences on adolescent offspring

Abstract Depressive mothers often find mother-child interaction to be challenging. Maternal stress may further impair mother-child attachment, which may increase the risk of negative developmental consequences. We used rats with different vulnerability to depressive-like behavior (Wistar and Kyoto)...

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Main Authors: Renata L. Alves, Camila C. Portugal, Igor M. Lopes, Pedro Oliveira, Cecília J. Alves, Fernando Barbosa, Teresa Summavielle, Ana Magalhães
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2022-11-01
Series:Translational Psychiatry
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-022-02220-5