Rearing conditions differently affect the motor performance and cerebellar morphology of prenatally stressed juvenile rats

Ulupınar E., Erol K., Ay H., Yücel F.

BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH, vol.278, pp.235-243, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 278
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.10.003
  • Journal Name: BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.235-243
  • Keywords: Prenatal stress, Cerebellum, Enrichment, Social isolation, Motor behavior, Stereology, ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT, PURKINJE-CELL, SOCIAL-ISOLATION, FUNCTIONAL-SIGNIFICANCE, PSYCHIATRIC-DISORDERS, POSTNATAL STIMULATION, PREPULSE INHIBITION, BRAIN-DEVELOPMENT, RESTRAINT STRESS, DENDRITIC SPINES
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The cerebellum is one of the most vulnerable parts of the brain to environmental changes. In this study, the effect of diverse environmental rearing conditions on the motor performances of prenatally stressed juvenile rats and its reflection to the cerebellar morphology were investigated.