Does infant maternal separation impair adult cognitive performance in BALB/cJ mice?
Our findings suggest that IMS induces deficits in adult emotional, episodic, and spatial memory and reversal learning, but does not alter adult emotional behavior or the response to chronic SSRI treatment in mice.
These observations are consistent with the observed role of FHIT as a tumor suppressor gene in the pathogenesis of specific subsets of carcinomas.