Maternal stress affects postnatal growth and the pituitary expression of prolactin in mouse offspring

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 329-340

  Gao, Pengfei ^a,b   Ishige, Atsushi ^a   Murakami, Yu ^a,c   Nakata, Hideyuki ^a   Oka, Jun Ichiro ^c   Munakata, Kaori ^a   Yamamoto, Masahiro ^a,d   Nishimura, Ko ^a   Watanabe, Kenji ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JINSHAN HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d TSUMURA AND CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Low body weight; Maternal stress; PITX2; Prolactin; Puituitary gland

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL STRESS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WEANING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GROWTH HORMONE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PITUITARY GLAND; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROLACTIN; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 78751679072     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.22550     Document Type: Article

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