Maternal glucocorticoid deficit affects hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function and behavior of rat offspring

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 321-327

  Wilcoxon, Jennifer Slone ^a   Redei, Eva E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Glucocorticoid receptor; Maternal adrenalectomy; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STRESS;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL RELATIONS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID;

EID: 33847660143     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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