Decreased Bdnf expression and reduced social behavior in periadolescent rats following prenatal stress

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 365-373

  Berry, Alessandra ^a   Panetta, Pamela ^a   Luoni, Alessia ^b   Bellisario, Veronica ^a   Capoccia, Sara ^a   Andrea Riva, Marco ^b   Cirulli, Francesca ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bdnf; Gene expression; Hippocampus; Periadolescence; Prefrontal cortex; Prenatal stress; Rats; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGY; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84925371426     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21297     Document Type: Article

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