Maternal separation disrupts dendritic morphology of neurons in prefrontal cortex, hippocampus, and nucleus accumbens in male rat offspring

E Monroy, E Hernández-Torres, G Flores - Journal of chemical …, 2010 - Elsevier
Neonatal maternal separation (MS) in rats has widely been used as a neurodevelopmental
model to mimic mood-related disorders. MS produces a wide array of behavioral deficits that …

Effects of neonatal maternal deprivation and postweaning environmental complexity on dendritic morphology of prefrontal pyramidal neurons in the rat

R Pascual, S Zamora-León - Acta neurobiologiae experimentalis, 2007 - ane.pl
It has been reported that periodic maternal separation in rats leads to a variety of endure
behavioral, neurochemical and microstructural sequelae associated with the …

Dendritic morphology in the striatum and hypothalamus differentially exhibits experience-dependent changes in response to maternal care and early social isolation

S Shams, JL Pawluski… - Behavioural brain …, 2012 - Elsevier
Changes in neuron morphology, stemming from experiences in early life or adulthood, may
be the basis for changes in behavior and their underlying functional mechanisms. For …

Cognitive, emotional and neurochemical effects of repeated maternal separation in adolescent rats

M Li, X Xue, S Shao, F Shao, W Wang - Brain research, 2013 - Elsevier
As an adverse early life experience, maternal separation (MS) induces profound
neurochemical, cognitive and emotional dysfunction. Previous studies have reported that …

Maternal separation induces long-term effects on monoamines and brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels on the frontal cortex, amygdala, and hippocampus …

S Récamier-Carballo… - Behavioural …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
The maternal separation (MS) paradigm is a well-known animal model that resembles the
stress of early adverse life experiences and produces structural and functional abnormalities …

Maternal separation disturbs postnatal development of the medial prefrontal cortex and affects the number of neurons and glial cells in adolescent rats

I Majcher-Maślanka, A Solarz, A Chocyk - Neuroscience, 2019 - Elsevier
Adolescence is a period of extensive brain maturation. In particular, the regions of the
medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) undergo intense structural and functional refinement during …

Prenatal stress alters spine density and dendritic length of nucleus accumbens and hippocampus neurons in rat offspring

RI Martínez‐Téllez, E Hernández‐Torres, C Gamboa… - Synapse, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Prenatal stress alters neuronal morphology of mesocorticolimbic structures such as frontal
cortex and hippocampus in the adult offspring. We investigated here the effects of prenatal …

Maternal separation altered behavior and neuronal spine density without influencing amphetamine sensitization

A Muhammad, B Kolb - Behavioural brain research, 2011 - Elsevier
We studied the long-term influence of maternal separation (MS) on periadolescent behavior,
adult amphetamine (AMPH) sensitization, and structural plasticity in the corticolimbic regions …

Preconception paternal stress in rats alters dendritic morphology and connectivity in the brain of developing male and female offspring

A Harker, S Raza, K Williamson, B Kolb, R Gibb - Neuroscience, 2015 - Elsevier
The goal of this research was to examine the effect of preconception paternal stress (PPS)
on the subsequent neurodevelopment and behavior of male and female offspring. Prenatal …

Prolonged maternal separation decreases granule cell number in the dentate gyrus of 3-week-old male rats

S Oreland, I Nylander, C Pickering - International Journal of Developmental …, 2010 - Elsevier
Maternal separation (MS) early in life affects many aspects of development and we have
previously observed significant decreases in NMDA and AMPA receptor and elevated …