Behavioral and neurobiological studies on the male progeny of maternal rats exposed to chronic unpredictable stress before pregnancy

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 469, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 278-282

  Li, Haihong ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a   Fang, Zeman ^a   Lin, Linyun ^a   Wu, Cairu ^a   Huang, Qingjun ^a  

^a SHANDONG MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Behavior; Chronic unpredictable stress; Cyclic AMP response element binding protein (CREB); Depression; Neurotransmitter; Progeny

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; DIETARY SUCROSE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MAZE LEARNING; MOTHERS; NOREPINEPHRINE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 72749112038     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.12.017     Document Type: Article

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