Prenatal stress induces a phase advance of circadian corticosterone rhythm in adult rats which is prevented by postnatal stress

Brain Research

Volumn 759, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 317-320

  Koehl, Muriel ^a   Barbazanges, Arnaud ^a   Le Moal, Michel ^a   Maccari, Stefania ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Critical period; Development; Postnatal stress; Prenatal stress; Rhythm

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; FEMALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; RATS; STRESS;

EID: 0030852984     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00394-6     Document Type: Article

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