Acute and long-term sex-dependent effects of social instability stress on anxiety-like and social behaviours in Wistar rats

A Graf, SH Murray, A Eltahir, S Patel… - Behavioural Brain …, 2023 - Elsevier
Adolescence is a critical time of social learning in which both the quantity and quality of
social interactions shape adult behavior and social function. During adolescence, social …

Within versus between group designs, and not timing of onset of puberty, influence sex and age differences in intake of palatable food in rats

SH Murray, CM McCormick - Physiology & Behavior, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding normative development of sensitivity to palatable food in adolescence is key
to developing animal models for preclinical research of disorders of reward systems (eg …

From adolescence to adulthood: characterizing the enduring consequences of adolescent adversities in rats

AP Graf - 2024 - archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de
Here, we investigated the long-term effects of different types of adolescent adversities;
adolescent social isolation (ASI), social instability stress (SIS) and peer rejection (PR) in …

Characterizing the Development of Reward Evaluation Across Adolescence in Female and Male Long-Evans Rats

S Murray - 2022 - dr.library.brocku.ca
Adolescence is a developmental stage describing the transition from childhood to
adulthood, that is a heightened period of sensitivity to influence from the environment due to …