Prenatal stress increases HPA axis activity and impairs maternal care in lactating female offspring: Implications for postpartum mood disorder

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 267-278

  Bosch, Oliver J ^a   Müsch, Werner ^a   Bredewold, Remco ^a   Slattery, David A ^a   Neumann, Inga D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arched back nursing; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Elevated plus maze; Stress response

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PUERPERIUM; RAT; RISK FACTOR; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOOD DISORDERS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33947119836     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2006.12.012     Document Type: Article

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