Increased anxiety-like phenotype in female guinea pigs following reduced neurosteroid exposure in utero

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 58, Issue , 2017, Pages 50-58

  Cumberland, Angela L ^a   Palliser, Hannah K ^a   Crombie, Gabrielle K ^a   Walker, David W ^b   Hirst, Jonathan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Anxiety; Fetal programming; Juvenility

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; GABA TRANSPORTER 1; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NEUROSTEROID; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; ELTANOLONE; FINASTERIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; NERVE PROTEIN; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

AMYGDALA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAM (ANIMAL); EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FETUS RISK; GESTATIONAL AGE; GUINEA PIG; HIGH RISK INFANT; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ANIMAL; ANXIETY; BLOOD; BRAIN; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG THERAPY; ETIOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

5-ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANXIETY; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINASTERIDE; GUINEA PIGS; HYDROCORTISONE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANOLONE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 85013046228     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: 1873474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2017.02.001     Document Type: Article

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