Reversal of prenatal morphine exposure-induced memory deficit in male but not female rats

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 58-69

  Nasiraei Moghadam, Shiva ^a   Sherafat, Mohammad Amin ^a   Safari, Mir Shahram ^a   Moradi, Fatemeh ^a   Ahmadiani, Abolhassan ^a,b   Dargahi, Leila ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Passive avoidance; Postnatal development; Prenatal morphine

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CASPASE 3; DRINKING WATER; MORPHINE SULFATE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCIUM-CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE TYPE 2; CASPASE 3; FEMALE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MORPHINE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84876110135     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: 15591166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-012-9860-z     Document Type: Article

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