Prenatal dexamethasone exposure alters brain monoamine metabolism and adrenocortical response in rat offspring

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 5 42-5, 1997, Pages

  Muneoka, Katsumasa ^a,b   Mikuni, Masahiko ^b,c   Ogawa, Tetsuo ^b   Kitera, Katsuki ^b   Kamei, Kenji ^a   Takigawa, Morikuni ^a   Takahashi, Kiyohisa ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoids; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Paroxetine; Serotonin; Stress

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MONOAMINE METABOLISM; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL;

EID: 0030723248     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.273.5.r1669     Document Type: Article

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