Delayed BDNF alterations in the prefrontal cortex of rats exposed to prenatal stress: Preventive effect of lurasidone treatment during adolescence

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 986-995

  Luoni, A ^a   Berry, A ^b   Calabrese, F ^a   Capoccia, S ^c   Bellisario, V ^b   Gass, P ^d   Cirulli, F ^b   Riva, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^d CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

BDNF; Gestational stress; Lurasidone; Postnatal development

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; LURASIDONE; ISOINDOLE DERIVATIVE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RAT; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RANDOMIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FEMALE; ISOINDOLES; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THIAZOLES;

EID: 84899928469     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: 18737862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2013.12.010     Document Type: Article

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