Prenatal corticosteroid impact on hippocampus: Implications for postnatal outcomes

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-67

  Velíšek, Libor ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenatal treatment; Behavioral problems; Betamethasone; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Corticotropin; Dexamethasone; Glucocorticoid receptors; Hydrocortisone; Mineralocorticoid receptors; Neuropeptide Y; Seizure susceptibility

Indexed keywords

3 (6 DIMETHYLAMINO 4 METHYL 3 PYRIDINYL) 7 DIPROPYLAMINO 2,5 DIMETHYLPYRAZOLO[1,5 A]PYRIMIDINE; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BETAMETHASONE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR ANTAGONIST; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; MIFEPRISTONE; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OXPRENOATE POTASSIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL SURVIVAL; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG SAFETY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL DEATH; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; SEIZURES;

EID: 22144459075     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2005.04.008     Document Type: Review

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