Maternal social stress during late pregnancy affects hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function and brain neurotransmitter systems in pig offspring

Domestic Animal Endocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 146-156

  Otten, W ^a   Kanitz, E ^a   Couret, D ^b,c   Veissier, I ^d   Prunier, A ^b,c   Merlot, E ^b,c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^d UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

Author keywords

Brain monoamines; HPA axis; Pig; Prenatal stress

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 1; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; CATECHOLAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN; TRANSCORTIN;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; GENETICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MOTHER; NEWBORN; ONCOGENE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SUCKLING; SWINE;

11-BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE TYPE 1; ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; CATECHOLAMINES; FEMALE; GENES, FOS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MOTHERS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWINE; TRANSCORTIN;

SUIDAE;

EID: 77549086179     PISSN: 07397240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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