Prenatal stress: Opposite effects on anxiety and hypothalamic expression of vasopressin and corticotropin-releasing hormone in rats selectively bred for high and low anxiety

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 541-551

  Bosch, Oliver J ^a   Krömer, Simone A ^b   Neumann, Inga D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Holeboard; Hypothalamo pituitary adrenal axis; Maternal behaviour; Maternal corticosterone; Plus maze

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EMOTIONALITY; ENVIRONMENT; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL PLASMA; MAZE TEST; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRESS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS; TIME FACTORS; VASOPRESSINS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 33644957137     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04576.x     Document Type: Article

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