Antenatal glucocorticoid treatment affects hippocampal development in mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Noorlander, Cornelle W ^a   Tijsseling, Deodata ^a   Hessel, Ellen V S ^a   De Vries, Willem B ^a   Derks, Jan B ^a   Visser, Gerard H A ^a   De Graan, Pierre N E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; SUBGRANULAR ZONE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; C57BL MOUSE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; TIME;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84899887976     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085671     Document Type: Article

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