Abusive mothering aggravates the impact of stress hormones

In a new Biological Psychiatry article, Dr Regina Sullivan and colleagues have dissected the behaviour of mother rats and their infant pups, modelling nurturing by stroking and abuse with electric shock. In this animal model of infant abuse, they took into consideration the unique infant neurobehavioural learning attachment system that ensures infant rats' attachment to their caregiver regardless of the quality of care received...

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