Decrease in hippocampal neurogenesis during pregnancy: A link to immunity

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 468-469

  Rolls, A ^a   Schori, H ^a   London, A ^a   Schwartz, M ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE;

COGNITION; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNITY; LEARNING; LETTER; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM;

ANIMALS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL DIVISION; COGNITION; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NUDE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 42349115246     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4002126     Document Type: Letter

References (9)

1. Buckwalter JG, Buckwalter DK, Bluestein BW, Stanczyk FZ. Pregnancy and post partum: changes in cognition and mood. Prog Brain Res 2001; 133: 303-319.
2. Crawley RA, Dennison K, Carter C. Cognition in pregnancy and the first year post-partum. Psychol Psychother 2003; 76(Part 1): 69-84.
3. Ziv Y, Ron N, Butovsky O, Landa G, Sudai E, Greenberg N et al. Immune cells contribute to the maintenance of neurogenesis and spatial learning abilities in adulthood. Nat Neurosci 2006; 9: 268-275.
4. Leuner B, Mirescu C, Noiman L, Gould E. Maternal experience inhibits the production of immature neurons in the hippocampus during the postpartum period through elevations in adrenal steroids. Hippocampus 2007; 17: 434-442.
5. van Praag H, Kempermann G, Gage FH. Running increases cell proliferation and neurogenesis in the adult mouse dentate gyrus. Nat Neurosci 1999; 2: 266-270.
6. Kempermann G, van Praag H, Gage FH. Activity-dependent regulation of neuronal plasticity and self repair. Prog Brain Res 2000; 127: 35-48.
7. Bick-Sander A, Steiner B, Wolf SA, Babu H, Kempermann G. Running in pregnancy transiently increases postnatal hippocampal neurogenesis in the offspring. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2006; 103: 3852-3857.
8. Shingo T, Gregg C, Enwere E, Fujikawa H, Hassam R, Geary C et al. Pregnancy-stimulated neurogenesis in the adult female forebrain mediated by prolactin. Science 2003; 299: 117-120.
9. Luppi P. How immune mechanisms are affected by pregnancy. Vaccine 2003; 21: 3352-3357.