Prenatal stress and subsequent exposure to chronic mild stress in rats; interdependent effects on emotional behavior and the serotonergic system

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 595-607

  Van den Hove, D L A ^a,b   Leibold, N K ^a   Strackx, E ^a   Martinez Claros, M ^a   Lesch, K P ^a,b   Steinbusch, H W M ^a   Schruers, K R J ^a   Prickaerts, J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Pregnancy stress; Serotonin (5 HT); Tryptophan hydroxylase 2 (TPH2)

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; SEROTONIN; SUCROSE; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE 2; NERVE PROTEIN; TPH2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ADOLESCENCE; ANHEDONIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY GROWTH; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; DEPRESSION; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; ELEVATED ZERO MAZE TEST; FEMALE; FORCED SWIM TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MATERNAL STRESS; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUGAR INTAKE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC MILD STRESS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LITTER SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STEREOMETRY; ALLOSTASIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DISEASE MODEL; ENZYMOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PREGNANCY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; RAPHE NUCLEUS; SECRETION (PROCESS); SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ALLOSTASIS; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONERGIC NEURONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 84895874857     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: 18737862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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