| Literature DB >> 12223535 |
Darlene D Francis1, Josie Diorio, Paul M Plotsky, Michael J Meaney.
Abstract
Postnatal maternal separation increases hypothalamic corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) gene expression and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) and behavioral responses to stress. We report here that environmental enrichment during the peripubertal period completely reverses the effects of maternal separation on both HPA and behavioral responses to stress, with no effect on CRF mRNA expression. We conclude that environmental enrichment leads to a functional reversal of the effects of maternal separation through compensation for, rather than reversal of, the neural effects of early life adversity.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12223535 PMCID: PMC6758090
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neurosci ISSN: 0270-6474 Impact factor: 6.167