Sex-Specific Neurodevelopmental Programming by Placental Insulin Receptors on Stress Reactivity and Sensorimotor Gating

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 127-138

  Bronson, Stefanie L ^a   Chan, Jennifer C ^a   Bale, Tracy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetic; Insulin; Prefrontal cortex; Prenatal; Serotonin; Sex

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; INSULIN RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADULT; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL METABOLISM; CELL VIABILITY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; ENDOPHENOTYPE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FETUS BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSORY GATING; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; TROPHOBLAST; 129 MOUSE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DEFICIENCY; DISEASE MODEL; FETUS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETUS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MICE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PLACENTA; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREGNANCY; RECEPTOR, INSULIN; SENSORY GATING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSCRIPTOME; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 85011339652     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2016.12.025     Document Type: Article

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