Dysfunctional astrocytic and synaptic regulation of hypothalamic glutamatergic transmission in a mouse model of early-life adversity: Relevance to neurosteroids and programming of the stress response

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 50, 2013, Pages 19534-19554

  Gunn, Benjamin G ^a   Cunningham, Linda ^a   Cooper, Michelle A ^a   Corteen, Nicole L ^b   Seifi, Mohsen ^b   Swinny, Jerome D ^b   Lambert, Jeremy J ^a   Belelli, Delia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; GABAA receptors; Glutamate transporter; Maternal case; PVN; Stress

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 5ALPHA PREGNANE 3ALPHA,20ALPHA DIOL; BIOCYTIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; KYNURENIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOLTAGE CLAMP; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALLOPREGNANOLONE; GABAA RECEPTORS; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; MATERNAL CASE; PVN; STRESS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYPOTHALAMUS; MICE; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84889825311     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1337-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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