Dexamethasone induces apoptosis in the developing rat amygdala in an age-, region-, and sex-specific manner

Neuroscience

Volumn 199, Issue , 2011, Pages 535-547

  Zuloaga, D G ^a   Carbone, D L ^a   Hiroi, R ^a   Chong, D L ^a   Handa, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Dexamethasone; Glucocorticoid; Neonatal; Prenatal; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; CALRETININ; CASPASE 3; DEXAMETHASONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

AGE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 83055186562     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.09.052     Document Type: Article

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