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Animal models of early life stress: Implications for understanding resilience
Author(s) -
Lyons David M.,
Parker Karen J.,
Schatzberg Alan F.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
developmental psychobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1098-2302
pISSN - 0012-1630
DOI - 10.1002/dev.20429
Subject(s) - psychology , arousal , psychological resilience , emotionality , developmental psychology , animal model , resilience (materials science) , human research , animal welfare , neuroscience , social psychology , medicine , cognitive science , biology , ecology , endocrinology , physics , thermodynamics
In the mid‐1950s, Levine and his colleagues reported that brief intermittent exposure to early life stress diminished indications of subsequent emotionality in rats. Here we review ongoing studies of a similar process in squirrel monkeys. Results from these animal models suggest that brief intermittent exposure to stress promotes the development of arousal regulation and resilience. Implications for programs designed to enhance resilience in human development are discussed. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Dev Psychobiol 52: 402–410, 2010.