Reproductive experience may positively adjust the trajectory of senescence

Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages 317-345

  Kinsley, Craig Howard ^a   Franssen, R Adam ^b   Meyer, Elizabeth Amory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^b LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid precursor protein (APP); Enriched environment; Hippocampus; Hormones; Lactation; Learning and memory; Medial preoptic area; Oxytocin; Parity effects; Pregnancy; Reproductive experience; Senescence; Steroid

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; KLOTHO PROTEIN; LEPTIN; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; PREGNENOLONE; SIRTUIN 2; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DAF 16; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXO;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENESCENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGING; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; RATS; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84867212479     PISSN: 18663370     EISSN: 18663389     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/7854_2011_123     Document Type: Article

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