Postnatal touch stimulation acutely alters corticosterone levels and glucocorticoid receptor gene expression in the neonatal rat

• Main Authors: Nuanchan Jutapakdeegul, Stefano O. Casalotti, P. Govitrapong, N. Kotchabhakdi
• Other Authors: The Institute of Science and Technology for Research and Development, Mahidol University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Neuroscience
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/21009
• Institution: Mahidol University

Environmental manipulation early in life can alter the development of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis by mechanisms that are still unclear. The aim of the present work was to study the acute effects of postnatal touch stimulation, in an attempt to understand the mechanism by which touc...