Repeated variable prenatal stress alters pre- and postsynaptic gene expression in the rat frontal pole

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 736-748

  Kinnunen, Anu K ^a   Koenig, James I ^b   Bilbe, Graeme ^a  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Brain enriched guanylate kinase associated protein; GABA; NMDA; Postsynaptic density; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXIN; DENSIN 180; GUANYLATE KINASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SYNAPHIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DNA MICROARRAY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUORESCENCE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SELECTION; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PREGNANCY; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STRESS; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTERONE; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRESS; SYNAPSES;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0041802928     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2003.01873.x     Document Type: Article

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