Programming of stress-related behavior and epigenetic neural gene regulation in mice offspring through maternal exposure to predator odor

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue JUNE, 2015, Pages

  St Cyr, Sophie ^a   McGowan, Patrick O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amygdale; BDNF; CRHR1; Epigenetic; Hippocampus; Maternal programming; Predator odor; Stress

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BDNF GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRHR1 GENE; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; EXON; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL STRESS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PHENOTYPE; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; PREDATOR STRESS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84930626228     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00145     Document Type: Article

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