Effects of early weaning and social isolation on the expression of glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptor and 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 1 and 2 mRNAs in the frontal cortex and hippocampus of piglets

Brain Research

Volumn 1067, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-42

  Poletto, R ^a   Steibel, J P ^a   Siegford, J M ^a   Zanella, A J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Pig; Q RT PCR; Stress; Sus scrofa; Welfare

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SWINE; WEANING;

11-BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE TYPE 1; 11-BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE TYPE 2; ANIMALS; COGNITION; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SWINE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 31344437344     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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