Effects of prenatal dexamethasone on spatial learning and response to stress is influenced by maternal factors

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 279, Issue 5 48-5, 2000, Pages

  Brabham, Tiffini ^a   Phelka, Andrew ^a   Zimmer, Carrie ^a   Nash, Aleda ^a   López, Juan F ^a   Vázquez, Delia M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animals; Development; Glucocorticoid receptors; Hippocampus; Mineralocorticoid receptors; mRNA; Rats

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RESTLESSNESS; STRESS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0033668318     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2000.279.5.r1899     Document Type: Article

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