Prenatal exposure to chronic mild stress increases corticosterone levels in the amniotic fluid and induces cognitive deficits in female offspring, improved by treatment with the antidepressant drug amitriptyline

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 231, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-39

  Abdul Aziz, N H K ^a   Kendall, D A ^a   Pardon, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amitriptyline; Chronic mild stress; Cognition; Corticosterone; Prenatal stress; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CORTICOSTERONE; SEROTONIN;

ADULT ANIMAL; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHRONIC MILD STRESS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LEARNING DISORDER; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; STRESS; TREATMENT DURATION;

AMITRIPTYLINE; AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEROTONIN; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84858973319     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.02.040     Document Type: Article

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