Gestational chronic mild stress: Effects on acoustic startle in male offspring of rats

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 495-500

  Hougaard, K S ^a   Mandrup, K R ^c   Kjaer, S L ^a   Bogh I B ^d   Rosenberg, R ^b   Wegener, G ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle; Animal model; Chronic mild stress; Corticosterone; Prenatal stress; Prepulse inhibition

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ACOUSTIC STRESS; ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; GESTATION PERIOD; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MATERNAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL STRESS; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; SENSORY GATING; STARTLE REFLEX;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STARTLE REACTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 79955837414     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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