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| n |
Adult rats
subjected to neonatal handling
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Decreased HPA
axis responses to stress
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mediated by
up-regulation of
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glucocorticoid
receptors in the
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hippocampus
(Meaney et al)
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| n |
Rat pups sep.
from mothers in 1st 3 wks
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have higher
corticosterone levels and
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greater cort
responses to acute stress.
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| n |
Chronic stress
can result in damage to
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hippocampal
neurons due to high
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circulating
corticosterone levels
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| n |
Increased CRF
may result from maternal
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deprivation,
increase risk of depression
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(found in adult
monkeys whose mothers
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were subjected
to variable foraging
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conditions—Coplan
et al, 1996)
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