Chronic mild stress during gestation worsens neonatal brain lesions in mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 28, 2007, Pages 7532-7540

  Rangon, Claire Marie ^a,b   Fortes, Silvia ^c   Lelièvre, Vincent ^a,b   Leroux, Philippe ^a   Plaisant, Frank ^a,b   Joubert, Chantal ^c   Lanfumey, Laurence ^a   Cohen Salmon, Charles ^c   Gressens, Pierre ^a,b,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Excitotoxicity; Glucocorticoids; Neonatal; NMDA; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; MAZE TEST; MOTHER; MOUSE; NEWBORN DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORTICOSTERONE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; IBOTENIC ACID; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NEUROTOXINS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; STRESS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34447550544     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5330-06.2007     Document Type: Article

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