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Repeated neonatal handling with maternal separation permanently alters hippocampal GABAA receptors and behavioral stress responses.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 14 Oct 2003
Hsu Fu-Chun, Zhang Guo-Jun, Raol Yogendra Sinh H, Valentino Rita J, Coulter Douglas A, Brooks-Kayal Amy R
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Increasing evidence suggests that postnatal events, such as handling or maternal separation, can produce long-term changes in brain function. These are often expressed as changes in the profile of endocrine or behavioral responses to stress. Changes in gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptors (GA...
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