Gestational stress induces persistent depressive-like behavior and structural modifications within the postpartum nucleus accumbens

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3766-3773

  Haim, Achikam ^a   Sherer, Morgan ^b   Leuner, Benedetta ^a,b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Dendritic spines; Plasticity; Postpartum depression; Rat; Ventral striatum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DENDRITIC SPINE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FORCED SWIM TEST; GESTATION PERIOD; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PERINATAL STRESS; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; RAT; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; DENDRITE; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DISEASE MODEL; EXERCISE; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZATION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84919470944     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12752     Document Type: Article

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