Prenatal dexamethasone exposure affects anxiety-like behaviour and neuroendocrine systems in an age-dependent manner

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 364-371

  Nagano, Masatoshi ^a   Ozawa, Hitoshi ^a   Suzuki, Hidenori ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Corticosterone; Corticotropin releasing factor; Glucocorticoid; Glucocorticoid receptor; Prenatal stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGE FACTORS; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEXAMETHASONE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 40649103365     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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