Exposure to a maternal n-3 fatty acid-deficient diet during brain development provokes excessive hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responses to stress and behavioral indices of depression and anxiety in male rat offspring later in life

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 70-80

  Chen, Hui Feng ^a   Su, Hui Min ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Brain development; Corticosterone; Depression; Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA); GAD67; Gamma aminobutyric acidA (GABAA); HPA axis; Hypothalamus; N 3 fatty acids; Stress

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTERONE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; RAT; STRESS; TEMPERATURE; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BICUCULLINE; BRAIN; CORTICOSTERONE; DEPRESSION; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FISH OILS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PLANT OILS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; WEANING;

RATTUS;

EID: 84870440361     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: 18734847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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