Prenatal corticosteroid exposure affects hippocampal plasticity and reduces lifespan

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 237-246

  Noorlander, C W ^a,b   Visser, G H A ^b   Ramakers, G M J ^a   Nikkels, P G J ^b   De Graan, P N E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Dexamethasone; Glucocorticoids; Hippocampus; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SLICE; CELL LOSS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LIFESPAN; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; LONG-TERM SYNAPTIC DEPRESSION; LONGEVITY; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38849104881     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 1932846X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20583     Document Type: Article

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