Maternal neglect alters reward-anticipatory behavior, social status stability, and reward circuit activation in adult male rats

IntroductionAdverse early life experiences affect neuronal growth and maturation of reward circuits that modify behavior under reward predicting conditions. Previous studies demonstrate that rats undergoing denial of expected reward in the form of maternal contact (DER-animal model of maternal negle...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Neuroscience
Main Authors:	Ermis Ryakiotakis, Dimitra Fousfouka, Antonios Stamatakis
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-01
Subjects:	maternal neglect reward anticipation social competition vPFC NAc pCREB
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2023.1201345/full