Early handling and repeated cross-fostering have opposite effect on mouse emotionality.

Early life events have a crucial role in programming the individual phenotype and exposure to traumatic experiences during infancy can increase later risk for a variety of neuropsychiatric conditions, including mood and anxiety disorders. Animal models of postnatal stress have been developed in rode...

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Main Authors: Alessandra eLuchetti, Diego eOddi, Valentina eLampis, Eleonora eCentofante, Armando eFelsani, Marco eBattaglia, Francesca R D'Amato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00093/full