Reduced levels of NR1 and NR2A with depression-like behavior in different brain regions in prenatally stressed juvenile offspring

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Sun, Hongli ^a   Guan, Lixia ^a,b   Zhu, Zhongliang ^a,c   Li, Hui ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangxi Liuzhou Municipal Liutie Central Hospital   (China)

^c NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SUCROSE;

EID: 84894277506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081775     Document Type: Article

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