Prenatal stress in rat causes long-term spatial memory deficit and hippocampus MRI abnormality: Differential effects of postweaning enriched environment

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 434-441

  Lui, Chun Chung ^a   Wang, Jia Yi ^b   Tain, You Lin ^a   Chen, Yu Chieh ^a   Chang, Kow Aung ^a   Lai, Ming Chi ^c   Huang, Li Tung ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Enriched environment; Magnetic resonance image; NMDA receptors; Prenatal stress; Spatial learning; T2 relaxation time

Indexed keywords

BETA1 INTEGRIN; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MARE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REARING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL MEMORY; STANDARD; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WEANING;

RATTUS;

EID: 79951581070     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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