Intact maternal buffering of stress response in infant rats despite altered responsivity towards maternal olfactory cues in the valproic acid model of autism-like behavior
A. M. White, Xianli An, Jacek Dębiec
This study examines how prenatal valproic acid exposure affects infant rat behavior and maternal stress buffering, finding altered early responsivity to maternal cues but preserved maternal buffering of stress.
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience · Aug 22, 2022Peer-reviewedNeuroscience