Early preweaning methamphetamine and postweaning rearing conditions interfere with the development of peripheral stress parameters and neural growth factors in gerbils

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1621-1638

  Lehmann, Konrad ^a,c   Rodriguez, Enrique Garea ^a   Kratz, Oliver ^b   Moll, Gunther H ^b   Dawirs, Ralph R ^b   Teuchert Noodt, Gertraud ^a  

^a Faculty of Biology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

BDNF; Corticosterone; Isolated rearing; Lateralization; Methamphetamine; Mongolian gerbils; NGF

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; METHAMPHETAMINE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; ENVIRONMENT; GERBIL; HEMISPHERE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE GROWTH; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; STRESS; WEANING;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CORTICOSTERONE; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ENVIRONMENT; GERBILLINAE; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; ORGAN SIZE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS; WEANING;

EID: 35148877873     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450600934937     Document Type: Article

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