Maternal glucocorticoid secretion mediates long-term effects of prenatal stress

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3943-3949

  Barbazanges, Arnaud ^a   Piazza, Pier Vincenzo ^a   Le Moal, Michel ^a   Maccari, Stefania ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

corticosteroid receptors; corticosterone; development; hippocampus; maternal environment; prenatal stress

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADRENALECTOMY; ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID RELEASE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RECEPTOR BINDING; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME;

EID: 0030006521     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-12-03943.1996     Document Type: Article

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