Hedonic sensitivity to natural rewards is affected by prenatal stress in a sex-dependent manner

Addiction Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1072-1085

  Reynaert, Marie Line ^a,b   Marrocco, Jordan ^c   Mairesse, Jérôme ^a,b   Lionetto, Luana ^d   Simmaco, Maurizio ^d   Deruyter, Lucie ^a,b   Allorge, Delphine ^e   Moles, Anna ^f,g   Pittaluga, Anna ^h   Maccari, Stefania ^a,b   Morley Fletcher, Sara ^a,b   Van Camp, Gilles ^a,b   Nicoletti, Ferdinando ^a,b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c IRCCS   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e UFR3S Pharmacie   (France)

^f CNR   (Italy)

^g Genomnia   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Animal model; conditioned place preference; early life stress; palatable food; sex hormones

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FINASTERIDE; MESSENGER RNA; SEROTONIN 2C RECEPTOR; BIOGENIC AMINE; SEROTONIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PALATABILITY; PLACE PREFERENCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; EXERCISE; FOOD PREFERENCE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX FACTOR; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BRAIN; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; FINASTERIDE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; REWARD; RNA, MESSENGER; SEROTONIN; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84930156376     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/adb.12270     Document Type: Article

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