Abstract
Naturally occurring variations in maternal care in early postnatal life are associated with the development of individual differences in behavioral and hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal responses to stress in the rat. These effects appear to be mediated by the influence of maternal licking/grooming on the development of central systems that serve to activate (corticotropin-releasing factor) or inhibit (γ-aminobutyric acid) the expression of behavioral and endocrine responses to stress through effects on forebrain noradrenergic systems. Importantly, individual differences in maternal care are transmitted from mother to daughter, providing a mechanism for the behavioral transmission of individual differences in stress reactivity across generations.
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