Dopaminergic modulation of affective and social deficits induced by prenatal glucocorticoid exposure

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2068-2079

  Borges, Sónia ^a,b   Coimbra, Bárbara ^a,b   Soares Cunha, Carina ^a,b   Miguel Pêgo, José ^a,b   Sousa, Nuno ^a,b   João Rodrigues, Ana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

anhedonia; depression; dopamine; mesolimbic circuit; social behavior

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC AMINE; CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; DOPAMINE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

AGGRESSION; ANHEDONIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMOBILIZATION; LATENT PERIOD; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RAT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VOCALIZATION;

AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; ANHEDONIA; ANIMALS; DEXAMETHASONE; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; LEVODOPA; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84882451544     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2013.108     Document Type: Article

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