Prenatal stress alters circadian activity of hypothalamo-pituitary- adrenal axis and hippocampal corticosteroid receptors in adult rats of both gender

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 302-315

  Koehl, Muriel ^a   Darnaudéry, Muriel ^a   Dulluc, Josette ^d   Van Reeth, Olivier ^b   Moal, Michel Le ^a   Maccari, Stefania ^c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Corticosterone; Critical period; Gender; Hippocampal corticosteroid receptors; Prenatal stress

Indexed keywords

BRAIN RECEPTOR; CORTICOSTEROID RECEPTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; FEMALE; GENDER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERADRENOCORTICISM; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; STRESS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, STEROID; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032815972     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(19990905)40:3<302::AID-NEU3>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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