Effects of maternal corticosterone and stress on behavioral and hormonal indices of formalin pain in male and female offspring of different ages

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 149-157

  Butkevich, Irina ^a   Mikhailenko, Victor ^a   Semionov, Pavel ^a   Bagaeva, Tatyana ^a   Otellin, Vladimir ^a   Aloisi, Anna Maria ^b  

^a PAVLOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adrenalectomy before matting; Corticosterone; Formalin induced pain; Offspring; Prenatal stress; Prepubertal and adult rats; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; FORMALDEHYDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPERCORTISOLISM; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL STRESS; MATING; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHAM PROCEDURE; WISTAR RAT;

ADRENALECTOMY; AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 58149136368     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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