Perinatal dexamethasone-induced alterations in apoptosis within the hippocampus and paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus are influenced by age and sex

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1403-1412

  Zuloaga, Damian G ^a   Carbone, David L ^a   Quihuis, Alicia ^a   Hiroi, Ryoko ^a   Chong, David L ^a   Handa, Robert J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cell death; Glucocorticoid; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; DEXAMETHASONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX;

AGING; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DEXAMETHASONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84860918100     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.23026     Document Type: Article

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