Age-dependent effects of prenatal stress on the corticolimbic dopaminergic system development in the rat male offspring

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2323-2335

  Pallarés, María Eugenia ^a,d   Baier, Carlos Javier ^a,b   Adrover, Ezequiela ^a   Monteleone, Melisa Carolina ^c   Brocco, Marcela Adriana ^c   Antonelli, Marta Cristina ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquimicas Bahia Blanca   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

^d Facultad de Medicina   (Argentina)

Author keywords

D2R; MAP2; Oestrogen receptor alpha; Prenatal restraint stress

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; SEX HORMONE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC ARBORIZATION; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRENATAL STRESS; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

RATTUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; MALE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84885957342     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: 15736903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-013-1143-8     Document Type: Article

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