Gestational stress induces post-partum depression-like behaviour and alters maternal care in rats

No === Gestational stress (GS) produces profound behavioural impairments in the offspring and may permanently programme hypothalamic¿pituitary¿adrenal (HPA) axis function. We investigated whether or not GS produced changes in the maternal behaviour of rat dams, and measured depression-like behaviour...

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Main Authors: Smith, Jeremy W., Seckl, J.R., Evans, A. Tudor, Costall, Brenda, Smythe, James W.
Language:en
Published: 2009
Subjects:
Rat
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10454/3639