In a study conducted by scientists from Indiana and Purdue universities on mice, it was observed that the traumatic effect of the young separation from the mother in the early stages of life, even for a short time, changed the brain functions of animals in adulthood.
The research, the results of which were published in the journal Translational Psychiatry, revealed that these changes in the brain are similar to the symptoms seen in people at risk of neuropsychotic disorders such as schizophrenia.
Within the framework of the research, 9-day-old baby mice during the critical period for brain development were separated from their mothers for 24 hours and brain scanned in their adulthood.
While the scans showed that the animals' brain function and cognition had changed, similar findings were not found in the mice that were not separated from their mothers.
Source: AA
