Maternal separation alters serotonergic and HPA axis gene expression independent of separation duration in c57bl/6 mice

Brain Research

Volumn 1515, Issue , 2013, Pages 29-38

  Own, Lawrence S ^a,c   Iqbal, Rimsha ^c   Patel, Paresh D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

c57bl 6 mice; Early handling; Early life stress; HPA axis; Maternal separation; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

DNA; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE 2;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DNA METHYLATION; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAPHE NUCLEUS; VENTRAL RAPHE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

MUS;

EID: 84878522305     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.03.032     Document Type: Article

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