Preadolescent Adversity Programs a Disrupted Maternal Stress Reactivity in Humans and Mice

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 693-701

  Morrison, Kathleen E ^a   Epperson, C Neill ^a,b   Sammel, Mary D ^a   Ewing, Grace ^a,b   Podcasy, Jessica S ^a,b   Hantsoo, Liisa ^a,b   Kim, Deborah R ^a,b   Bale, Tracy L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; HPA axis; Paraventricular nucleus; Postpartum; Pregnancy; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; MALE; MATERNAL STRESS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA SURVIVOR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ADVERSE EVENTS; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85006157212     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2016.08.027     Document Type: Article

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