Postpartum behavioral profiles in Wistar rats following maternal separation - altered exploration and risk-assessment behavior in MS15 dams

Postpartum behavioral profiles in Wistar rats following maternal separation - altered exploration and risk-assessment behavior in MS15 dams

The rodent maternal separation (MS) model is frequently used to investigate the impact of early environmental factors on adult neurobiology and behavior. The majority of MS studies assess effects in the offspring and few address the consequences of repeated pup removal in the dam. Such studies are o...

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Main Authors: Loudin Daoura, My Hjalmarsson, Sadia Oreland, Ingrid Nylander, Erika Roman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2010-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Subjects:
Maternal Deprivation
stress
animal facility rearing
handling
multivariate concentric square fieldâ„¢ test
non-handling
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2010.00037/full

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