Postnatal handling does not normalize hypothalamic corticotropin-releasing factor mRNA levels in animals prenatally exposed to ethanol

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 74-82

  Gabriel, Kara I ^b,c   Glavas, Maria M ^a   Ellis, Linda ^a   Weinberg, Joanne ^a,b  

^a Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine vasopressin; Corticotropin releasing factor; mRNA; Postnatal handling; Prenatal ethanol exposure

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ARGIPRESSIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; WEANING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 20444487381     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devbrainres.2005.03.005     Document Type: Article

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