Prenatal nicotine exposure induces depression‑like behavior in adolescent female rats via modulating neurosteroid in the hippocampus
- Authors:
- Chong Zhang
- Si‑Jing Fan
- An‑Bang Sun
- Zhen‑Zhen Liu
- Lian Liu
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Affiliations: Department of Pharmacy, Xiangyang No. 1 People's Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Xiangyang, Hubei 441000, P.R. China, Department of Pharmacology, Medical School of Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei 434023, P.R. China, Laboratory of Neuronal and Brain Disease Modulation, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei 434023, P.R. China - Published online on: March 29, 2019 https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2019.10105
- Pages: 4185-4194
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Copyright: © Zhang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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