Too much, too young? Altered corticolimbic axonal innervation and resting state functional connectivity suggests sex-dependent outcomes in a rat model of early life adversity
Jennifer A. Honeycutt, Camila Demaestri, Shayna Peterzell, Marisa M. Silveri, Xuezhu Cai, Praveen P. Kulkarni, Miles Gregory Cunningham, Craig F. Ferris, Heather C. Brenhouse
This study shows that early life stress affects corticolimbic development differently in male and female rats, with females showing earlier and more persistent changes in axonal innervation and functional connectivity.
bioRxiv · Oct 7, 2019 · PreprintNeuroscience