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. 2018 Jul 31:12:157.
doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00157. eCollection 2018.

Early Life Stress in Rodents: Animal Models of Illness or Resilience?

Sahana Murthy  1 , Elizabeth Gould  1
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Early Life Stress in Rodents: Animal Models of Illness or Resilience?

Sahana Murthy et al. Front Behav Neurosci. .
No abstract available

Keywords: anxiety; depression; early life stress; resilience; rodent models.

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Factors influencing variability in ELS animal models. Cartoon depicting the two most commonly used models of ELS and the different factors influencing behavioral outcomes in adulthood. MS, Maternal separation stress; LB-LN, Limited bedding-Limited nesting.
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