Prenatal stress, glucocorticoids and the programming of the brain

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 113-128

  Welberg, Leonie A M ^a   Seckl, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Birth weight; Dexamethasone; Fetal growth; Prenatal stress

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; FETAL DISEASES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; STRESS;

EID: 0035180462     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2001.00601.x     Document Type: Review

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