Sex dependent reduction by prenatal stress of the expression of 5HT1A receptors in the prefrontal cortex and CRF type 2 receptors in the raphe nucleus in rats: Reversal by citalopram

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 232, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1643-1653

  Zohar, Inbar ^a   Dosoretz Abittan, Liat ^a   Shoham, Shai ^a   Weinstock, Marta ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

5HT1AR; Anxiety; Citalopram; CRFR2; Dorsal raphe nuclei; GABAergic interneurons; Immunohistochemistry; Prenatal stress; Serotonergic neurons; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CITALOPRAM; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL; ANXIETY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CITALOPRAM; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; GABAERGIC NEURONS; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1A; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84939981684     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-014-3803-z     Document Type: Article

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