Gestational stress and fluoxetine treatment differentially affect plasticity, methylation and serotonin levels in the PFC and hippocampus of rat dams

Neuroscience

Volumn 327, Issue , 2016, Pages 32-43

  Gemmel, Mary ^a   Rayen, Ine ^b   van Donkelaar, Eva ^b   Loftus, Tiffany ^a   Steinbusch, Harry W ^b   Kokras, Nikolaos ^c   Dalla, Christina ^c   Pawluski, Jodi L ^a,b,d  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Antidepressant medication; Female; Neuroplasticity; Neurotransmitters; Postpartum depression; SSRI

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; FLUOXETINE; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; SEROTONIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAM (ANIMAL); DENTATE GYRUS; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MATERNAL STRESS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RAT; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; TREATMENT DURATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; METHYLATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84963940299     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.03.068     Document Type: Article

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