Prenatal stress may increase vulnerability to life events: Comparison with the effects of prenatal dexamethasone

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-63

  Hougaard, Karin S ^a   Andersen, Maibritt B ^b   Kjær, Sanna L ^a   Hansen, Åse M ^a   Werge, Thomas ^b   Lund, Søren P ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b Sct Hans Hospital   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle response; Chronic mild stress; Corticosterone; Dexamethasone; Fear potentiation; Prenatal stress

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX; STRESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 26944498526     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devbrainres.2005.06.014     Document Type: Article

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