Cocaine treatment and prenatal environment interact to disrupt intergenerational maternal behavior in rats.
JM Johns, DL Elliott, VE Hofler, PW Joyner… - Behavioral …, 2005 - psycnet.apa.org
JM Johns, DL Elliott, VE Hofler, PW Joyner, MS McMurray, TM Jarrett, AM Haslup…
Behavioral neuroscience, 2005•psycnet.apa.orgThe link between impaired maternal behavior (MB) and cocaine treatment could result from
drug-induced decreases in maternal reactivity to offspring, prenatal drug exposure (PDE) in
offspring that could alter their ability to elicit MB, or the interaction of both, which could
subsequently impair MB of the 1st-generation dams. Following chronic or intermittent
cocaine or saline treatment during gestation, rat dams rearing natural or cross-fostered litters
were compared along with untreated dams for MB. Untreated 1st-generation females with …
drug-induced decreases in maternal reactivity to offspring, prenatal drug exposure (PDE) in
offspring that could alter their ability to elicit MB, or the interaction of both, which could
subsequently impair MB of the 1st-generation dams. Following chronic or intermittent
cocaine or saline treatment during gestation, rat dams rearing natural or cross-fostered litters
were compared along with untreated dams for MB. Untreated 1st-generation females with …
Abstract
The link between impaired maternal behavior (MB) and cocaine treatment could result from drug-induced decreases in maternal reactivity to offspring, prenatal drug exposure (PDE) in offspring that could alter their ability to elicit MB, or the interaction of both, which could subsequently impair MB of the 1st-generation dams. Following chronic or intermittent cocaine or saline treatment during gestation, rat dams rearing natural or cross-fostered litters were compared along with untreated dams for MB. Untreated 1st-generation females with differentially treated rearing dams and PDE were tested for MB with their natural litters. The authors report disruptions in MB in dams and their 1st-generation offspring, attributable to main and interaction effects of maternal treatment, litter PDE, and rearing experience.(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
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