Maternal dexamethasone exposure alters synaptic inputs to gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons in the early postnatal rat

• Main Authors: Lim, Wei Ling *, Marshita Mohd Idris,, Felix Suresh Kevin,, Saga, Tomoko, Parhar, Ishwar S.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media 2016
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/417/1/Lim%20Wei%20Ling.pdf; http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/417/

Maternal dexamethasone [(DEX); a glucocorticoid receptor agonist] exposure delays pubertal onset and alters reproductive behavior in the adult offspring. However, little is known whether maternal DEX exposure affects the offspring’s reproductive function by disrupting the gonadotropin-releasing horm...