Developmental exposure to SSRIs, in addition to maternal stress, has long-term sex-dependent effects on hippocampal plasticity

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 232, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1231-1244

  Rayen, Ine ^a   Gemmel, Mary ^b   Pauley, Grace ^b   Steinbusch, Harry W M ^a   Pawluski, Jodi L ^a,b,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; BrdU; Doublecortin; Fluoxetine; Ki67; Neurogenesis; Prenatal stress; Raphe nucleus; Sex differences; Synaptophysin

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FLUOXETINE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TESTOSTERONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MATERNAL STRESS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MENTAL STRESS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84924873236     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-014-3758-0     Document Type: Article

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