| Literature DB >> 3371452 |
L R Herrenkohl1, U Ribary, M Schlumpf, W Lichtensteiger.
Abstract
Heat-restraint stress given rats during the last week of gestation significantly altered dopaminergic dihydroxyphenylacetic acid and homovanillic acid (DOPAC and HVA) and noradrenergic 3-methoxy-4-hydroxy-phenyl-ethylene glycol (MOPEG) forebrain-hypothalamic monoamine (MA) metabolites in female offspring. On gestational day 21, HVA and MOPEG were significantly higher and lower, and on postnatal day 1 all were higher. There were virtually no differences in brain MA concentrations in males. Thus MA metabolic concentrations differ in fetal-neonatal forebrain-hypothalamus as a function of sex differences and maternal stress.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 3371452 DOI: 10.1007/bf01940547
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Experientia ISSN: 0014-4754