Neonatal overexpression of estrogen receptor-α alters midbrain dopamine neuron development and reverses the effects of low maternal care in female offspring

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1114-1124

  Peña, Catherine Jensen ^a,b   Champagne, Frances A ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Estrogen receptor alpha; maternal care; Medial preoptic area; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; DOPAMINE;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT; SENSITIZATION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS COMPACTA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; GROOMING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LONG EVANS RAT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REWARD; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GROOMING; HYPOTHALAMUS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MESENCEPHALON; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REWARD; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84941261346     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 1932846X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22206     Document Type: Article

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