Gender-dependent effects of early maternal separation and variable chronic stress on vasopressinergic activity and glucocorticoid receptor expression in adult rats

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-80

  Renard, G M ^a   Rivarola, M A ^a   Suarez M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Arginine vasopressin; Fos; Glucocorticoid receptors; Hippocampus; Maternal separation; Sexual dimorphism; Variable chronic stress

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77951494204     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000280102     Document Type: Article

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