Altered stress responsiveness and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function in male rat offspring of socially isolated parents

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 493-502

  Pisu, Maria Giuseppina ^a   Garau, Anna ^b   Olla, Pierluigi ^b   Biggio, Francesca ^b   Utzeri, Cinzia ^b   Dore, Riccardo ^b   Serra, Mariangela ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

3 ,5 tetrahydroprogesterone; glucocorticoid receptor; HPA axis; rat; socially isolated offspring; stress

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; ELTANOLONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOOTSHOCK; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MATING; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UPREGULATION; 3Α,5Α-TETRAHYDROPROGESTERONE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CONFLICT; ELECTRIC SHOCK; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HPA AXIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MAZE TEST; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIALLY ISOLATED OFFSPRING; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STRESS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

3Α,5Α-TETRAHYDROPROGESTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HPA AXIS; RAT; SOCIALLY ISOLATED OFFSPRING; STRESS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ELECTROSHOCK; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANOLONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84885954858     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jnc.12273     Document Type: Article

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