Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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Neonatal Environment Influences Behavioural and Physiological Reactivity to Stressors, and Mammary Gland Development in BALB/c Mice: Implications for Breast Cancer Risk

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Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Kenniphaas, Kyle, Thesis advisor (ths): Kerr, Leslie, Degree committee member (dgc): Kennett, Deborah, Degree committee member (dgc): Saville, Barry, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>Using rodent models, it is possible to study the behavioural and physiological outcomes of early life stress and the influences on normal mammary gland development and carcinogenic risk. Results demonstrate that the experience of three weeks of prolonged maternal separation (LMS; 4 hrs/day) increased the susceptibility of adult, but not pubertal, female BALB/c mice to engage in higher… more