Long-term effects of prenatal stress and handling on metabolic parameters: Relationship to corticosterone secretion response

Brain Research

Volumn 712, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 287-292

  Vallée, Monique ^a   Mayo, Willy ^a   Maccari, Stefania ^a   Le Moal, Michel ^a   Simon, Hervé ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

body weight; feeding behavior; handling; hypothalamo puituitary adrenal axis; plasma glucose; prenatal stress; rat

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

EID: 0029962810     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01459-4     Document Type: Article

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