Topic: adult behavior

Early life stress (ELS) due to neglect or abuse, has profound and lasting effects on adult neural function, contributing to various psychopathologies. Utilizing the well-established model of early life maternal separation (ELMS), this study investigated the impact of ELS on adult behavior. For the maternally separated (MS+) group, pups were separated from their mother for 3 hours from postnatal day 1 to 14, while control (stress naive) group pups remained in their home cages. Behavioral assessments from week 8-10 (young adults) revealed significant differences between MS+ and control mice. Bot