Prenatal stress causes gender-dependent neuronal loss and oxidative stress in rat hippocampus

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 837-844

  Zhu, Zhongliang ^a   Li, Xia ^a   Chen, Weina ^a   Zhao, Yan ^a   Li, Hui ^b   Qing, Cai ^a   Jia, Ning ^a   Bai, Zhuanli ^a   Liu, Jiankang ^c,d  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People s Hospital   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Glucocorticoid (GC); Neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS); Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; GLUCOCORTICOID; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL LOSS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL LESION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 10644242576     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20338     Document Type: Article

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