Article
High novelty-seeking rats are resilient to negative physiological effects of the early life stress.
Stress (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Jan 2014
Clinton Sarah M, Watson Stanley J, Akil Huda
Abstract excerpt
Exposure to early life stress dramatically impacts adult behavior, physiology, and neuroendocrine function. Using rats bred for novelty-seeking differences and known to display divergent anxiety, depression, and stress vulnerability, we examined the interaction between early life adversity and genetic predisposition for high- versus low-emotional reactivity. Thus, bred Low Novelty Responder (bLR) rats, which...
Topics
- Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Anxiety
- Behavior, Animal
- Corticosterone
- Depression
- Eliminative Behavior, Animal
- Exploratory Behavior
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Male
- Maternal Deprivation
- Motor Activity
- Rats
- Stress, Psychological
