Sex differences in prenatally programmed anxiety behaviour in rats: Differential corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor mRNA expression in the amygdaloid complex

Stress

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 634-643

  Brunton, Paula J ^a,b   Donadio, Márcio V F ^a,c   Russell, John A ^a  

^a Centre for Integrative Physiology   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; Corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH); CRH type 1 receptor; CRH type 2 receptor; Prenatal stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; MESSENGER RNA;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BASOMEDIAL AMYGDALA; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80054055278     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2011.604750     Document Type: Article

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