Brief daily postpartum separations from the litter alter dam response to psychostimulants and to stress
Neonatal handling induces several behavioral and neurochemical alterations in pups, including decreased responses to stress and reduced fear in new environments. However, there are few reports in the literature concerning the behavioral effects of this neonatal intervention on the dams during the po...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2013-01-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2013000500426 |