Changes in the vascular area fraction of the hippocampus and amygdala are induced by prenatal dexamethasone and/or adult stress

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1100-1104

  Neigh, Gretchen N ^a,b   Owens, Michael J ^a   Taylor, W Robert ^a,c   Nemeroff, Charles B ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Georgia State University   (United States)

^c ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Anhedonia; Dexamethasone; Prenatal stress; Vascular

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; SACCHARIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77953130916     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2010.46     Document Type: Article

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