Sex-specific effects of prenatal stress on neuronal development in the medial prefrontal cortex and the hippocampus

NeuroReport

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 430-435

  Suenaga, Toshiko ^a   Yukie, Masao ^b   Gao, Shuibo ^a   Nakahara, Daiichiro ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

dendritic morphology; Golgi stain; hippocampus; medial prefrontal cortex; prenatal stress; sex differences

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEURONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84859946455     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: 1473558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3283529805     Document Type: Article

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