Differential effects of prenatal stress in 5-Htt deficient mice: Towards molecular mechanisms of gene × environment interactions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  van den Hove, Daniel ^a,b   Jakob, Sissi Brigitte ^a   Schraut, Karla Gerlinde ^a   Kenis, Gunter ^b   Schmitt, Angelika Gertrud ^a   Kneitz, Susanne ^a   Scholz, Claus Jürgen ^a   Wiescholleck, Valentina ^c   Ortega, Gabriela ^a   Prickaerts, Jos ^b   Steinbusch, Harry ^b   Lesch, Klaus Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NEUROTROPHIN; WNT PROTEIN; CORTICOSTERONE; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

5 HTT GENE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HETEROZYGOTE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRENATAL STRESS; PROGENY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; C57BL MOUSE; DNA MICROARRAY; GENETICS; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE MUTANT; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

MUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANXIETY; COGNITION; CORTICOSTERONE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 80051655149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022715     Document Type: Article

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