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Effects of antenatal dexamethasone treatment on glucocorticoid receptor and calcyon gene expression in the prefrontal cortex of neonatal and adult common marmoset monkeys

BACKGROUND: Synthetic glucocorticoids such as dexamethasone (DEX) are commonly used to promote fetal lung maturation in at-risk preterm births, but there is emerging evidence of subsequent neurobehavioral abnormalities in these children e.g. problems with inattention/hyperactivity. However, molecula...

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Autores principales: Diaz Heijtz, Rochellys, Fuchs, Eberhard, Feldon, Joram, Pryce, Christopher R, Forssberg, Hans
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2858712/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20307270
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1744-9081-6-18