Effects of prenatal stress and neonatal handling on anxiety, spatial learning and serotonergic system of male offspring mice

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 101, Issue , 2015, Pages 15-23

  Akatsu, Shigemi ^a   Ishikawa, Chihiro ^a   Takemura, Kaori ^a   Ohtani, Akiko ^a   Shiga, Takashi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Neonatal handling; Prenatal stress; Serotonin receptor; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2C RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEMORY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SPATIAL LEARNING; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; FRONTAL LOBE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MOTIVATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANXIETY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1A; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2A; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2C; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SPATIAL LEARNING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84947487912     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: 18728111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2015.07.002     Document Type: Article

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