Early postnatal changes in sexual dimorphism of catecholamine and indoleamine content in the brain of prenatally stressed rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 547-551

  Reznikov, A G ^a   Nosenko, N D ^a  

^a STATE INSTITUTION NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR RADIATION MEDICINE OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES OF UKRAINE   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Developing brain; Prenatal stress; Rat offspring

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; BRAIN MONOAMINE; CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

ANIMAL; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; CATECHOLAMINES; FEMALE; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0029655573     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(95)00339-8     Document Type: Article

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