Basal regulation of HPA and dopamine systems is altered differentially in males and females by prenatal alcohol exposure and chronic variable stress

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1953-1966

  Uban, Kristina A ^a   Comeau, Wendy L ^a   Ellis, Linda A ^a   Galea, Liisa A M ^a,b   Weinberg, Joanne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic variable stress; Corticosterone; CRH; Dopamine; Prenatal alcohol exposure; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE GENE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR GENE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRIA TERMINALIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

CHRONIC VARIABLE STRESS; CORTICOSTERONE; CRH; DOPAMINE; PRENATAL ALCOHOL EXPOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DOPAMINE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84883890516     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.02.017     Document Type: Article

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