Stress before Puberty Exerts a Sex- and Age-Related Impact on Auditory and Contextual Fear Conditioning in the Rat

Adolescence is a period of major physical, hormonal, and psychological changes. It is also characterized by a significant increase in the incidence of psychopathologies and this increase is gender-specific. Stress during adolescence is associated with the development of psychiatric disorders later i...

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Main Authors: Maria Toledo-Rodriguez, Carmen Sandi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2007-01-01
Series:Neural Plasticity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/71203