Maternal hyperthyroidism in rats impairs stress coping of adult offspring

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1306-1315

  Zhang, Limei ^a   Hernández, Vito S ^a   Medina Pizarro, Mauricio ^a   Valle Leija, Pablo ^a   Vega González, Arturo ^a   Morales, Teresa ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Corticotropin releasing factor; Depression; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

THYROXINE;

ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DENTATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IMMOBILIZATION; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MATERNAL HYPERTHYROIDISM; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWIMMING;

EID: 42449162930     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21580     Document Type: Article

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