Chronic early-life stress in rat pups alters basal corticosterone, intestinal permeability, and fecal microbiota at weaning: Influence of sex

Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 135-143

  Moussaoui, Nabila ^a   Jacobs, Jonathan P ^a   Larauche, Muriel ^a   Biraud, Mandy ^a   Million, Mulugeta ^a   Mayer, Emeran ^a   Taché, Yvette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Microbiota; Permeability; Psychological; Stress; Weaning

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE DEXTRAN; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DNA EXTRACTION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HYPERCORTICOSTERONEMIA; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; LIMITED NESTING STRESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; WEANING;

EID: 85010461784     PISSN: 20930879     EISSN: 20930887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5056/jnm16105     Document Type: Article

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