Changes in plasma levels of BDNF and NGF reveal a gender-selective vulnerability to early adversity in rhesus macaques

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 172-180

  Cirulli, Francesca ^a   Francia, Nadia ^a   Branchi, Igor ^a   Antonucci, Maria Teresa ^b   Aloe, Luigi ^b   Suomi, Stephen J ^c   Alleva, Enrico ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN BRAIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF); Depression; Gender; Nerve growth factor (NGF); Non human primates; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAZELTON NEONATAL BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REARING; RHESUS MONKEY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 58249143556     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.08.020     Document Type: Article

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