Developmental fluoxetine exposure facilitates sexual behavior in female offspring

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 231, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 123-133

  Rayen, Ine ^a   Steinbusch, Harry W M ^a   Charlier, Thierry D ^b   Pawluski, Jodi L ^a,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Depression; Development; Hypothalamus; MPOA; Proceptive behavior; Receptive behavior; Reproduction; Serotonin; Sexual differentiation; SSRIs; Stress

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTEROVENTRAL PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTERIOR BED NUCLEUS OF THE STRIA TERMINALIS; PRENATAL STRESS; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY DIMORPHIC NUCLEUS OF THE PREOPTIC AREA; STRIA TERMINALIS;

ANAL CANAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POSTURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 84891836637     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-013-3215-5     Document Type: Article

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