Antenatal glucocorticoid treatment induces adaptations in adult midbrain dopamine neurons, which underpin sexually dimorphic behavioral resilience

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 339-350

  Virdee, Kanwar ^a,b   McArthur, Simon ^c,e   Brischoux, Frédéric ^c,f   Caprioli, Daniele ^a,b   Ungless, Mark A ^c   Robbins, Trevor W ^a,b   Dalley, Jeffrey W ^a,b,d   Gillies, Glenda E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f LYON NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

Author keywords

antenatal glucocorticoid treatment; dexamethasone; dopamine dependent behaviors; midbrain dopaminergic systems; sex differences

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY GATING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS COMPACTA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84890549546     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2013.196     Document Type: Article

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