Evidence of female-specific glial deficits in the hippocampus in a mouse model of prenatal stress

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-79

  Behan, Áine T ^a   van den Hove, Daniel L A ^b   Mueller, Lynn ^b   Jetten, Marlon J A ^b   Steinbusch, Harry W M ^b   Cotter, David R ^a   Prickaerts, Jos ^b  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Mice; Prenatal stress; Psychiatric disorders; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTISM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER; GLIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; CORTICOSTERONE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MOOD DISORDERS; NEUROGLIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 78650677376     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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