Effects of melatonin on prenatal dexamethasone-induced epigenetic alterations in hippocampal morphology and reelin and glutamic acid decarboxylase 67 levels

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 105-114

  Lui, Chun Chung ^a   Hsu, Mei Hsin ^b   Kuo, Ho Chang ^b   Chen, Chih Cheng ^b   Sheen, Jiunn Ming ^b   Yu, Hong Ren ^b   Tiao, Mao Meng ^b   Tain, You Lin ^b   Chang, Kow Aung ^b   Huang, Li Tung ^a,c  

^a Department of Diagnostic Radiology ^*  (Japan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Glutamic acid decarboxylase 67; Magnetic resonance imaging; Melatonin; Prenatal dexamethasone exposure; Reelin

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; REELIN; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 1; MECP2 PROTEIN, RAT; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NERVE PROTEIN; REELIN PROTEIN; SCLEROPROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; SEX RATIO; SPATIAL MEMORY; STILLBIRTH; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; MAZE TEST; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MELATONIN; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 84928612379     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: 14219859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000368768     Document Type: Article

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