Prenatal stress produces social behavior deficits and alters the number of oxytocin and vasopressin neurons in adult rats

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1479-1489

  De Souza, Marcelo Alves ^a,c   Centenaro, Lígia Aline ^a,c   Menegotto, Pâmela Rossi ^a   Henriques, Thiago Pereira ^a   Bonini, Juliana ^b   Achaval, Matilde ^a   Lucion, Aldo Bolten ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO CENTRO OESTE   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO OESTE DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cross fostering; Oxytocin; Prenatal stress; Social interaction; Social memory; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEURONS; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VASOPRESSINS;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84878830194     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: 15736903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-013-1049-5     Document Type: Article

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