Brain-derived neurotrophic factor genotype impacts the prenatal cocaine-induced mouse phenotype

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 184-197

  Kabir, Zeeba D ^a,b   Lourenco, Frederico ^b   Byrne, Maureen E ^a   Katzman, Aaron ^c   Lee, Francis ^b   Rajadhyaksha, Anjali M ^a,b   Kosofsky, Barry E ^a,b  

^a Division of Pediatric Neurology   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Fear extinction; Hippocampus; Medial prefrontal cortex; Prenatal cocaine

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COCAINE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECALL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COCAINE; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84866271147     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: 14219859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000337712     Document Type: Article

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