ea0016p397 | Neuroendocrinology | ECE2008
Reznikov Alexander
, Nosenko Nadezhda
, Tarasenko Larisa
, Sinitsyn Petr
Maternal stress modifies fetal programming of neuroendocrine development and behavior. These effects are mediated by maternal and fetal corticosteroids and opioids. We evaluated an ability of pharmacological prevention of long-term behavioral and hypothalamicpituitaryadrenal (HPA) disorders in adult rat offspring induced by daily 1 h maternal immobilization during the last gestational week. Dexamethasone (Dex; 0.1 mg/kg per day) or naltrexone (Ntx; 10 mg/kg per day...