Researchers examined the effects of neonatal handling on learned helplessness (LH) in rats. They discuss prior research that showed a variety of benefits associated with neonatal handling such as improved escape latency and lower emotional reactivity. They express that rats who have been handled have a permanent augmentation of the glucocorticoid receptors in their hippocampi.ContinueContinue reading “The effect of neonatal Handling on the learned helplessness model of depression.”
Ryan David Tuttle, M.A. 