Prenatal transport stress, postnatal maternal behavior, and offspring sex differentially affect seizure susceptibility in young rats

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-27

  Moriyama, Chikako ^a   Galic, Michael A ^b,c   Mychasiuk, Richelle ^d   Pittman, Quentin J ^b,c   Perrot, Tara S ^a   Currie, R William ^a   Esser, Michael J ^a,e,f  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d ALBERTA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^f DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Developmental; Febrile seizures; FosB; Maternal care; Prenatal stress

Indexed keywords

KAINIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOSB;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GROOMING; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LICKING; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL STRESS; PROGENY; RAT; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; TRANSPORT STRESS;

DEVELOPMENTAL; FEBRILE SEIZURES; FOSB; MATERNAL CARE; PRENATAL STRESS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; CORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EPILEPSY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FEMALE; KAINIC ACID; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84882745414     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.06.017     Document Type: Article

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