Effects of psycho-social stress during pregnancy on neuroendocrine and behavioural parameters in lactation depend on the genetically determined stress vulnerability.

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The neuroendocrine consequences of repeated exposure of the pregnant mother to relevant stressors have been studied in the offspring, but not in the mothers. As these stress effects might depend on the genetically determined stress susceptibility of the dams, here, we investigated the effects of daily exposure to psycho-social stressors (maternal defeat by an aggressive lactating resident and restraint) between...

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