Cellular mechanisms underlying the effects of an early experience on cognitive abilities and affective states

<p>Abstract</p> <p>In the present study we investigated the effects of neonatal handling, an animal model of early experience, on spatial learning and memory, on hippocampal glucocorticoid (GR), mineralocorticoid (MR) and type 1A serotonin (5-HT1A) receptors, as well as brain deriv...

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Main Authors: Philippidis Eleni, Stamatakis Antonios, Pondiki Stavroula, Panagiotaropoulos Theofanis, Garoflos Efstathios, Stylianopoulou Fotini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-04-01
Series:Annals of General Psychiatry
Online Access:http://www.annals-general-psychiatry.com/content/4/1/8