Gestational and early postnatal hypothyroidism alters VGluTi and VGAT bouton distribution in the neocortex and hippocampus, and behavior in rats

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn 9, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages 1-24

  Navarro, Daniela ^a   Alvarado, Mayvi ^a,b   Navarrete, Francisco ^a   Giner, Manuel ^a   Obregon, Maria Jesus ^c   Manzanares, Jorge ^a   Berbel, Pere ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anxiety like; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Autism; Cerebral cortex; Iodine deficiency; Prepulse inhibition; Schizophrenia; Seizures

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROXINE; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EARLY POSTNATAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; EXPERIMENTAL BEHAVIORAL TEST; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GESTATIONAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION DISRUPTION TEST; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRATUM RADIATUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923268028     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2015.00009     Document Type: Article

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