Stress during adolescence increases novelty seeking and risk taking behavior in male and female rats
Adolescence is a period of major physical, hormonal and psychological change. It is also characterized by a significant increase in the incidence of psychopathologies and this increase is gender-specific. Likewise, stress during adolescence is associated with the development of psychiatric disorders...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2011-04-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2011.00017/full |