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Behaviour epigenetics – The connection between environment, stress and welfare

Authors: Per Jensen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: epigenetics, genetics, methylation, stress, welfare

2014

The role of genes, epigenetics and ontogeny in behavioural development

Authors: T. Bas Rodenburg

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, epigenetics, genetics, maternal care, ontogeny

2014

Experience-facilitated improvements in pup retrieval; evidence for an epigenetic effect

Authors: Danielle S. Stolzenberg, Jacqueline S. Stevens, Emilie F. Rissman

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: cbp, epigenetics, hdac inhibition, maternal experience, oxytocin, sodium butyrate

2012

Rat pup social motivation: A critical component of early psychological development

Authors: Howard Casey Cromwell

Publication/Journal: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Keywords: attachment emotion, epigenetics, stress, toxicology

2011

Genetic, epigenetic and environmental impact on sex differences in social behavior

Authors: Kathryn N. Shepard, Vasiliki Michopoulos, Donna J. Toufexis, Mark E. Wilson

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: epigenetics, gene polymorphisms, sex differences, social behavior, social environment

2009

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