Early parental deprivation in the marmoset monkey produces long-term changes in hippocampal expression of genes involved in synaptic plasticity and implicated in mood disorder.

In mood disorder, early stressors including parental separation are vulnerability factors, and hippocampal involvement is prominent. In common marmoset monkeys, daily parental deprivation during infancy produces a prodepressive state of increased basal activity and reactivity in stress systems and m...

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Main Authors: Law, A, Pei, Q, Walker, M, Gordon-Andrews, H, Weickert, C, Feldon, J, Pryce, C, Harrison, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2009