A developmental characterization of mesolimbocortical serotonergic gene expression changes following early immune challenge

Neuroscience

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 734-746

  Sidor, M M ^a,b   Amath, A ^a,b   MacQueen, G ^b,c   Foster, J A ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Brain Body Institute   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety like behaviours; Functional neuroanatomy; Immune brain communication; Lipopolysaccharide; Neurodevelopment; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2C RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE 2;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MICE; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; RNA EDITING; SEROTONIN;

EID: 78349312461     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.08.060     Document Type: Article

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