Maternal deprivation and adolescent cannabinoid exposure impact hippocampal astrocytes, CB1 receptors and brain-derived neurotrophic factor in a sexually dimorphic fashion

Neuroscience

Volumn 204, Issue , 2012, Pages 90-103

  Lopez Gallardo M ^a,d   Lopez Rodriguez A B ^a,d   Llorente Berzal, A ^a,d   Rotllant, D ^b   Mackie, K ^c   Armario, A ^b   Nadal, R ^b   Viveros, M P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescent cannabinoid exposure; BDNF; CB1 cannabinoid receptor; GFAP; Maternal deprivation; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ASTROCYTE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BRAIN REGION; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CANNABINOIDS; CYCLOHEXANOLS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84857132399     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.09.063     Document Type: Review

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