A heterozygous deletion in the glutamate decarboxylase 67 gene enhances maternal and fetal stress vulnerability

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 276-282

  Uchida, Taku ^a   Oki, Yutaka ^a   Yanagawa, Yuchio ^b,c   Fukuda, Atsuo ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Fetus; GAD67 GFP knock in mice; Glutamate decarboxylase 67; HPA axis; Maternal stress; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67;

ARTICLE; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DOWN REGULATION; FETUS; FETUS DISTRESS; GENE DELETION; GENE INTERACTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; LIGHT STRESS; MATERNAL STRESS; MATERNITY WARD; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79951947001     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2010.12.010     Document Type: Article

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