Individual differences in the effects of prenatal stress exposure in rodents

Neurobiology of Stress

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 100-108

  Boersma, Gretha J ^a   Tamashiro, Kellie L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain development; Glucocorticoids; Prenatal stress; Rodent model; Stress coping

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 2; ADRENALIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CYTOKINE; FK 506 BINDING PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NORADRENALIN; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE (GTP); PROTEIN P28; SEROTONIN;

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHRONIC STRESS; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA METHYLATION; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMOBILITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; METABOLIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PHENOTYPE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL STRESS; PRENATAL STRESS EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RODENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRESS;

EID: 84921906800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23522895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ynstr.2014.10.006     Document Type: Review

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