Neonatal citalopram exposure decreases serotonergic fiber density in the olfactory bulb of male but not female adult rats

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue APR, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Junlin ^a   Dennis, Katie A ^b   Darling, Ryan D ^a   Alzghoul, Loai ^a   Paul, Ian A ^c   Simpson, Kimberly L ^a,c   Lin, Rick C S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MILLSAPS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Olfactory bulb; Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors; Serotonin transporter; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84876514245     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2013.00067     Document Type: Article

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