Sex and age specific effects of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol during the periadolescent period in the rat: The unique susceptibility of the prepubescent animal

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2016, Pages 88-100

  Silva, Lindsay ^a   Black, Rita ^a   Michaelides, Michael ^c   Hurd, Yasmin L ^c   Dow Edwards, Diana ^a,b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CB1 receptor expression; Corticosterone; Delta 9 tetrahydrocannabinol; Emotionality; Puberty; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; DRONABINOL; MESSENGER RNA; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENCE; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; FEMALE; FORCED SWIM TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREPUBERTY; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; AMYGDALA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECTS; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PSYCHOSIS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; DEPRESSION; DRONABINOL; FEMALE; MALE; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PSYCHOSES, SUBSTANCE-INDUCED; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; SEXUAL MATURATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84961116630     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: 18729738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2016.02.005     Document Type: Review

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