Transmission of stress-induced learning impairment and associated brain gene expression from parents to offspring in chickens

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Lindqvist, Christina ^a   Janczak, Andrew M ^b,f   Nätt, Daniel ^a   Baranowska, Izabella ^a,c   Lindqvist, Niclas ^a   Wichman, Anette ^c   Lundeberg, Joakim ^d   Lindberg, Johan ^d   Torjesen, Peter A ^e   Jensen, Per ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^e AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; DOWN REGULATION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEARNING DISORDER; LEARNING TEST; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PARENT; PROGENY; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION; LEARNING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHICKENS; CORTICOSTERONE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION; LEARNING; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 35549009579     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000364     Document Type: Article

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