Effects of an early experience involving training in a T-maze under either denial or receipt of expected reward through maternal contact.

Effects of an early experience involving training in a T-maze under either denial or receipt of expected reward through maternal contact.

The mother is the most salient stimulus for the developing pups and a number of early experience models employ manipulation of the mother-infant interaction. We have developed a new model which in addition to changes in maternal behavior includes a learning component on the part of the pups. More sp...

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Main Authors: Antonios eStamatakis, Anastasia eDiamantopoulou, Theofanis ePanagiotaropoulos, Androniki eRaftogianni, Fotini eStylianopoulou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subjects:
Aggression
Hippocampus
Prefrontal Cortex
HPA axis
stress response
amygdale
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fendo.2013.00178/full

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