Maternal separation blunted spatial memory formation independent of peripheral and hippocampal insulin content in young adult male rats.

This study explores the effects of maternal separation as a chronic early life stress (ELS) on pancreatic islets insulin content and secretion, and their potential relationship with the hippocampus insulin content and spatial memory in young adulthood. Male rat offspring were divided into two groups...

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Main Authors: Soheila Maghami, Homeira Zardooz, Fariba Khodagholi, Fatemeh Binayi, Roya Ranjbar Saber, Mehdi Hedayati, Hedayat Sahraei, Mohammad Ali Ansari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6192583?pdf=render