Long-term consequences of prenatal stress and neurotoxicants exposure on neurodevelopment

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 155, Issue , 2017, Pages 21-35

  Antonelli, Marta C ^a   Pallarés, María Eugenia ^a   Ceccatelli, Sandra ^b   Spulber, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Developmental programming; Environmental neurotoxicants; Neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders; Prenatal insults; Stress

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; NEUROTOXIN;

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; MENTAL STRESS;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROTOXINS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85003728151     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: 18735118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2016.05.005     Document Type: Review

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