Anxiety-like behavior of prenatally stressed rats is associated with a selective reduction of glutamate release in the ventral hippocampus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 48, 2012, Pages 17143-17154

  Marrocco, Jordan ^a   Mairesse, Jérôme ^a   Ngomba, Richard Teke ^b   Silletti, Viviana ^a   Van Camp, Gilles ^a   Bouwalerh, Hammou ^a   Summa, Maria ^c   Pittaluga, Anna ^c   Nicoletti, Ferdinando ^b,d   Maccari, Stefania ^a   Morley Fletcher, Sara ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 2 (2 CARBOXYCYCLOPROPYL) 3 (XANTHEN 9 YL) PROPIONIC ACID; 2 AMINO 2 (2 CARBOXYCYCLOPROPYL) 3 (XANTHEN 9 YL)PROPIONIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; [3 (3, 4 DICHLOROBENZYLAMINO) PROPYL] (DIETHOXYMETHYL) PHOSPHINIC ACID; [3 (3,4 DICHLOROBENZYLAMINO)PROPYL](DIETHOXYMETHYL)PHOSPHINIC ACID; DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1; GLUTAMIC ACID; MUNC18 PROTEIN; RAB PROTEIN; SYNAPSIN I; SYNAPSIN II; SYNAPTOBREVIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; SYNTAXIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEIZURE; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTOSOME; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BENZYLAMINES; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; GABA-A RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; KAINIC ACID; MALE; MUNC18 PROTEINS; PHOSPHINIC ACIDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; R-SNARE PROTEINS; RAB3A GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNAPSINS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; SYNTAXIN 1; XANTHENES;

EID: 84870175105     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1040-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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