Testosterone is involved in mediating the effects of prenatal stress in male guinea pig offspring

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 589, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 755-766

  Kapoor, Amita ^a   Matthews, Stephen G ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Physiology ^*  (Canada)

^b Obstetrics Gynecol/Repro Sci   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN THERAPY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GUINEA PIG; HORMONE ACTION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; JUVENILE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MATERNAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRENATAL STRESS; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STARTLE REFLEX; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOOD; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; NOISE; ORCHIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SALIVA; SENSORY GATING; STARTLE REACTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 79251562170     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.200543     Document Type: Article

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