Inability to suppress the stress-induced activation of the HPA axis during the peripartum period engenders deficits in postpartum behaviors in mice

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 90, Issue , 2018, Pages 182-193

  Melón, Laverne Camille ^a   Hooper, Andrew ^b   Yang, Xuzhong ^b   Moss, Stephen J ^a   Maguire, Jamie ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; GABA; HPA axis; KCC2; Postpartum depression; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS RELEASING FACTOR; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE COTRANSPORTER 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; COTRANSPORTER; POTASSIUM-CHLORIDE SYMPORTERS;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL STRESS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL DEPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUERPERIUM;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; MICE; NEURONS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PERIPARTUM PERIOD; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; SYMPORTERS;

EID: 85038813468     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.12.003     Document Type: Article

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