Prenatal inhibition of the kynurenine pathway leads to structural changes in the hippocampus of adult rat offspring

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1558-1571

  Khalil, Omari S ^a   Pisar, Mazura ^a   Forrest, Caroline M ^a   Vincenten, Maria C J ^a   Darlington, L Gail ^b   Stone, Trevor W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b EPSOM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doublecortin; GABA transport; Glutamate transport; Kynurenic acid; Neurodevelopment; Sonic hedgehog

Indexed keywords

DOUBLECORTIN; KYNURENINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; DOUBLECORTIN PROTEIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; NEUN PROTEIN, RAT; NEUROPEPTIDE; RO 61-8048; SLC17A6 PROTEIN, RAT; SLC17A7 PROTEIN, RAT; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN, RAT; SULFONAMIDE; SYNAPTOBREVIN 1; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; VESICLE-ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1, RAT; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; VIAAT PROTEIN, RAT;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; DENDRITES; DENDRITIC SPINES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HIPPOCAMPUS; KYNURENINE; MALE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS, WISTAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SULFONAMIDES; THIAZOLES; VESICLE-ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 1; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84900824439     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12535     Document Type: Article

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