Lesion-induced synaptic plasticity in the somatosensory cortex of prenatally stressed rats

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 548-557

  Ulupinar, Emel ^a   Yucel, Ferruh ^a   Erol, Kevser ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

BDNF; CREB; Neural plasticity; NT 3; Prenatal stress; Somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN BINDING PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; NEUROTROPHIN 3;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STEREOMETRY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; FEMALE; FETUS; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROTROPHIN 3; PHOSPHORYLATION; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIBRISSAE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 80053202591     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: 18729738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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