Prenatal stress diminishes neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus of juvenile Rhesus monkeys

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1025-1034

  Coe, Christopher L ^a   Kramer, Marian ^b   Czéh, Boldizsár ^b   Gould, Elizabeth ^c   Reeves, Alison J ^c   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^d   Fuchs, Eberhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Hippocampus; Monkey; Neurogenesis; Pregnancy; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RHESUS MONKEY;

EID: 0242391948     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(03)00698-X     Document Type: Article

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