Stress during pregnancy alters dendritic spine density and gene expression in the brain of new-born lambs

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 291, Issue , 2015, Pages 155-163

  Petit, Bérengère ^a   Boissy, Alain ^a   Zanella, Adroaldo ^b   Chaillou, Elodie ^c   Andanson, Stéphane ^a   Bes, Sébastien ^a   Lévy, Frédéric ^c   Coulon, Marjorie ^a  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Dendritic spines; Hippocampus; Prefrontal cortex; Prenatal stress; Sheep

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; RAC1 PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL STRUCTURE; CHRONIC STRESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOLIMBIC STRUCTURE; DENDRITIC SPINE DENSITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DLG4 GENE; DOC2B GENE; DOWN REGULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EWE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GRIN2A GENE; GRIN2B GENE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HISTOLOGY; LAMB; NERVE CELL CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; NEUROANATOMY; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL ALTERATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NR1 GENE; NR3C1 GENE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAC1 GENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHOA GENE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENDRITIC SPINE; DISEASE MODEL; DOMESTIC SHEEP; EMBRYOLOGY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENDRITIC SPINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84930665352     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2015.05.025     Document Type: Article

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