title: Active avoidance and brain DNA after postnatal food deprivation in rats.
abstract: Fond deprivation was produced in infant rats, from 2 to 20 days of age, by a procedure designed to minimize reduction in maternal care. Body weights in the deprived animals were 60% of control weights at 7 days, 65% at 20 days, and, after ad lib feeding, 89% at 4 months. No change was observed in the rate of acquistion of a conditioned active avoidance response in the food-deprived rats when compared with their littermate controls when tested as adults. No lasting reduction in cerebral desoxynucleic acid (DNA) was observed despote a 9% reduction in cerebellar DNA.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000254:growth & development*; D001362:Avoidance Learning; D001835:Body Weight; D001921:Brain / Q000254:growth & development; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000032:analysis; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000032:analysis; D003345:Corticosterone / Q000494:pharmacology; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D005508:Food Deprivation; D006128:Growth; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; D003345:Corticosterone