Nurture outpaces nature: fostering with an attentive mother alters social dominance in a mouse model of stress sensitivity

D Sur, O Agranyoni, M Kirby, N Cohen, A Bagaev… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Maternal care is critical for epigenetic programming during postnatal brain development.
Stress is recognized as a critical factor that may affect maternal behavior, yet owing to high …

Maternal predation risk during pregnancy alters various social behaviors in the offspring of Brandt's voles

R Wu, W Wang, Y Zheng, S Li, L Zhang, J Pang… - Behavioral Ecology and …, 2023 - Springer
Predation risk can affect offspring phenotype and fitness via maternal effects. However, most
studies have mainly focused on the effect of maternal exposure to predation risk on offspring …

Developmental toxicity of Moringa oleifera and its effect on postpartum depression, maternal behavior and lactation

A Hajar, B Abdelmounaim, K Hamid, L Jaouad… - South African Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mood disorders during the perinatal period, such as depression and anxiety, can have
adverse consequences not only for mothers but also for their partners and offspring. In the …

Adolescence predatory risk alters social behaviors and cognitive ability and central oxytocin and vasopressin expression in adult Brandt's voles

R Wu, J Pang, Z Xu, X Wu, W Wang, Y Zheng… - …, 2023 - karger.com
Introduction: Stress during adolescence causes long-term behavioral changes in adulthood.
We previously found that adolescent exposure to predatory risk augments adolescent social …

Effects of predator odor on anti-predation behavior and hypothalamic c-fos mRNA expression of Chinese mole shrew

D Chen, S Wu, C Fu, Y Li, L Jin, Y Mei… - Applied Animal Behaviour …, 2022 - Elsevier
Chinese mole shrew (Anourosorex squamipes, Soricidae) is a small mammal, with a large
population in the low mountain basin area of Sichuan, China, and it is one of the main pests …