Effects of prenatal stress on defensive withdrawal behavior and corticotropin releasing factor systems in rat brain

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 70, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 359-366

  Ward, Herbert E ^a   Johnson, Elizabeth A ^a   Salm, Adrienne K ^a   Birkle, Dale L ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal hypertrophy; Amygdala; Behavior; Corticosterone; Corticotropin releasing factor; CRF; Maternal; Prenatal; Radioimmunoassay; Receptor binding; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DENSITY; STRESS; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

EID: 0033834593     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(00)00270-5     Document Type: Article

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