Prolonged maternal separation disturbs the serotonergic system during early brain development

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 15-21

  Ohta, Ken ichi ^a   Miki, Takanori ^a   Warita, Katsuhiko ^a,b   Suzuki, Shingo ^a   Kusaka, Takashi ^a   Yakura, Tomiko ^a   Liu, Jun Qian ^a   Tamai, Motoki ^a   Takeuchi, Yoshiki ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain development; Maternal separation; Serotonergic system; Serotonin 1A receptor; Serotonin 2A receptor

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; CORTICOSTERONE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIFE STRESS; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; MATERNAL SEPARATION; SEROTONERGIC SYSTEM; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SEROTONIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84888406395     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: 1873474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2013.10.007     Document Type: Article

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