Blockade of corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor 1 attenuates early-life stress-induced synaptic abnormalities in the neonatal hippocampus

Hippocampus

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 528-540

  Liao, Xue Mei ^a,b   Yang, Xiao Dun ^a,b   Jia, Jiao ^a,b,c   Li, Ji Tao ^a,b   Xie, Xiao Meng ^a,b   Su, Yun Ai ^a,b   Schmidt, Mathias V ^d   Si, Tian Mei ^a,b   Wang, Xiao Dong ^a,b,e  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY SIXTH HOSPITAL   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^e ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing hormone receptor 1; Early life stress; Glucocorticoid receptors; Hippocampus; Synapse

Indexed keywords

ANTALARMIN; BRAIN PROTEIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MIFEPRISTONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; NEUROLIGIN; NEUROLIGIN 1; NEUROPLASTIN; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; DLGH4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; GUANYLATE KINASE; HORMONE ANTAGONIST; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NECTINS; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NERVE PROTEIN; NEUROLIGIN 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DOWN REGULATION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NEONATAL STRESS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BLOOD; DENDRITE; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG THERAPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; CORTICOSTERONE; DENDRITES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GUANYLATE KINASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MIFEPRISTONE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

EID: 84897473999     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22254     Document Type: Article

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