Resilience to stress and sex-specific remodeling of microglia and neuronal morphology in a rat model of anxiety and anhedonia

Resilience to stress and sex-specific remodeling of microglia and neuronal morphology in a rat model of anxiety and anhedonia

Prenatal exposure to stress or glucocorticoids (GC) is associated with the appearance of psychiatric diseases later in life. Microglia, the immune cells of the brain, are altered in stress-related disorders.Synthetic GC such as dexamethasone (DEX) are commonly prescribed in case of preterm risk labo...

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Main Authors: Rita Gaspar, Carina Soares-Cunha, Ana Verónica Domingues, Bárbara Coimbra, Filipa I. Baptista, Luísa Pinto, António F. Ambrósio, Ana João Rodrigues, Catarina A. Gomes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-05-01
Series:Neurobiology of Stress
Subjects:
Prenatal stress
Chronic stress
Microglia morphology
Sex
Nucleus accumbens
Dorsal hippocampus
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352289521000102

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