Maternal separation and early stress cause long-lasting effects on dopaminergic and endocannabinergic systems and alters dendritic morphology in the nucleus accumbens and frontal cortex in rats

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 819-831

  Romano López, Antonio ^a   Méndez Díaz, Mónica ^a   García, Fabio García ^b   Regalado Santiago, Citlalli ^b   Ruiz Contreras, Alejandra E ^c   Prospéro García, Oscar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

dendritic length; dopaminergic system; early stress; endocannabinoid system; maternal separation

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 3 RECEPTOR; ENDOCANNABINOID; PROTEIN KINASE B;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINERGIC SYSTEM; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DENDRITIC SPINE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ENDOCANNABINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

EID: 84978902282     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 1932846X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22361     Document Type: Article

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