The bed nucleus of stria terminalis and the amygdala as targets of antenatal glucocorticoids: Implications for fear and anxiety responses

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 443-453

  Oliveira, Mário ^a,b   Rodrigues, Ana João ^a,b   Leão, Pedro ^a,b   Cardona, Diana ^a,b   Pêgo, José Miguel ^a,b   Sousa, Nuno ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; BNST; Corticosteroids; Dopamine; Fear; Glucocorticoid; Neurodevelopment; Prenatal; Stereology

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; SYNAPSIN;

ADULT ANIMAL; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN REGION; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; EMBRYO; FEAR; FEMALE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STRIA TERMINALIS; UPREGULATION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEXAMETHASONE; FEAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; SEPTAL NUCLEI; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84858379189     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-011-2494-y     Document Type: Article

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