Gestational restraint stress and the developing dopaminergic system: An overview

Neurotoxicity Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-32

  Baier, Carlos J ^a   Katunar, María R ^a   Adrover, Ezequiela ^a   Pallares, Maria Eugenia ^a   Antonelli, Marta C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Limbic system; Prenatal stress; Rat brain; Restraint

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; SEX HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIOCHEMISTRY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RATS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84861459772     PISSN: 10298428     EISSN: 14763524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12640-011-9305-4     Document Type: Review

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