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| JANIE H WILSONSummaryAffiliation: Georgia Southern University Country: USA Publications
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Early postnatal alcohol exposure in rats: maternal behavior and estradiol levelsJ H Wilson
Psychology Department, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro 30460, USA
Physiol Behav 59:287-93. 1996..As estradiol is important for the onset of maternal behavior in adult rats, it may be that the alcohol-induced decrease in estradiol levels underlies the deficit in maternal behavior exhibited by alcohol-exposed rats...
Prolactin levels in juvenile and adult rats following acute restraint and the open fieldJ H Wilson
Georgia Southern University, Department of Psychology, Statesboro 30460, USA
Physiol Behav 68:383-7. 2000..This may be explained by the psychological response to the open field when it directly followed the physical stressor of acute restraint...
Prolactin in rats is attenuated by conspecific touch in a novel environmentJ H Wilson
Department of Psychology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460, USA
Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci 1:199-205. 2001..Touch was necessary to reduce stress as measured by prolactin levels...
Social buffering in rats: prolactin attenuation of active interactionSalvatore P Insana
Georgia Southern University, USA
Psychol Rep 103:77-87. 2008..Social interaction decreased fear independent of the distraction provided by a stimulus in the chamber. Active touch appeared to be crucial for social buffering to occur...
Social buffering by God: prayer and measures of stressJennifer N Belding
Psychology Department, Georgia Southern University, P O Box 8041, Statesboro, GA 30460, USA
J Relig Health 49:179-87. 2010..Prayer alone did not significantly reduce stress, perhaps because the majority of students in the prayer condition did not consider reading a prayer to constitute praying...
Research Grants
- Impact of a Littermate on Psychological Stress in RatsJanie Wilson; Fiscal Year: 2004..Each animal model will serve as a foundation to build an understanding of responses to stress and social buffering, particularly in nonverbal populations such as children, the aged, and adults with brain injuries. ..
