Reduced mobility but unaffected startle response in female rats exposed to prenatal dexamethasone: Different sides to a phenotype

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 208-216

  Kjaer, S L ^a,b   Wegener, G ^a   Rosenberg, R ^a   Hougaard, K S ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal model; Anxiety; Behavior; Dexamethasone; Environmental impact; Forced swim test; Mental illness; Pregnancy; Stress

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; IMMOBILIZATION; LABORATORY TEST; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX; STRESS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STARTLE REACTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77954285510     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000313914     Document Type: Article

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