Sexual differences in long-term effects of prenatal chronic mild stress on anxiety-like behavior and stress-induced regional glutamate receptor expression in rat offspring

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 80-91

  Wang, Yan ^a   Ma, Yuchao ^a   Cheng, Wenwen ^a   Jiang, Han ^a   Zhang, Xinxin ^a   Li, Min ^a   Ren, Jintao ^a   Zhang, Xiaosong ^a   Li, Xiaobai ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Glutamate receptor; Hippocampus; Prefrontal cortex; Prenatal chronic mild stress; Sexual difference

Indexed keywords

METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 1; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 2; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 3; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 5; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; DLGH4 PROTEIN, RAT; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRENATAL STRESS; PROGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAZE TEST; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

RATTUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BRAIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84922992278     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: 1873474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2015.01.003     Document Type: Article

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