Maternal deprivation has sexually dimorphic long-term effects on hypothalamic cell-turnover, body weight and circulating hormone levels

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 808-819

  Viveros, María Paz ^a   Llorente, Ricardo ^a   Díaz, Francisca ^b,c   Romero Zerbo, Silvana Y ^d   Bermudez Silva, Francisco J ^c,d   Rodríguez de Fonseca, Fernando ^c,d   Argente, Jesús ^b,c   Chowen, Julie A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTIL UNIVERSITARIO NIÑO JESÚS   (Spain)

^c Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adiponectin; Adipose tissue; Gonadal steroids; Hypothalamic development; Metabolism; Neonatal stress

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; BETA ACTIN; LEPTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DEATH; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBERTY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TURNOVER TIME;

ADIPONECTIN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LEPTIN; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NEUROPEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78349308475     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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