Prenatal stress and long-term consequences: Implications of glucocorticoid hormones

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 119-127

  Maccari, S ^a   Darnaudery, M ^a   Morley Fletcher, S ^a,b   Zuena, A R ^c   Cinque, C ^c   Van Reeth, O ^d  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Circadian rhythms; Corticosterone; Maternal behavior; Prenatal restraint stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; DEPRESSION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LOCOMOTION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037731679     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(03)00014-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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