Compared to rat pups that were licked less by their mother, rats that are reared by a mother who spends a lot of time licking her pups will respond to stress in adulthood in what way?

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Rats that are licked more by their mother as pups have been shown to release smaller amounts of corticosterone in response to stress in adulthood, compared to rats that were licked less. This is possibly due to changes in the glucocorticoid receptor gene expression in the hippocampus, which regulates stress response. Therefore, option B is the correct answer.

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