Effects of differential early-life environment on glucocorticoid receptor and brain-derived neutrophic factor expression in male adolescent rat brains

• Main Author: Chia, Clarissa Si Ying
• Other Authors: Rupshi Mitra
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Human anatomy and physiology::Neurobiology; DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Molecular biology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/64054
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Research has revealed that post-natal life encompasses the critical periods in which a developing brain exhibits a high level of plasticity. The environment which an individual is exposed to when young can affect the developing amygdala and hippocampus, and shape how one responses to stress during a...