Effects of prenatal stress on fetal neurodevelopment and responses to maternal neurosteroid treatment in guinea pigs

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 416-426

  Bennett, Greer A ^a,b   Palliser, Hannah K ^a,b   Saxby, Britt ^a,b   Walker, David W ^c   Hirst, Jonathan J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Fetus; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Microtubule associated protein 2; Myelin basic protein; Neonate; Neurosteroid; Stress

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HYDROCORTISONE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GUINEA PIG MODEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MATERNAL PLASMA; MATERNAL STRESS; MATERNAL TREATMENT; MENTAL STRESS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; WHITE MATTER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN TO LIVER RATIO; DIGESTIVE TRACT PARAMETERS; FETAL BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; GESTATION PERIOD; GROWTH PERIOD; GUINEA PIG; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; MORNING DOSAGE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GUINEA PIGS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANOLONE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84887446968     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: 14219859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000354176     Document Type: Article

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