Prenatal dexamethasone increased anxiety- and despair- like behaviors in females.
Prenatal dexamethasone increased TpH2 mRNA in female caudal DRN at P7.
Prenatal dexamethasone decreased TpH2 mRNA in female caudal DRN in adulthood.
Stress-challenged females with prenatal dexamethasone had lower TpH2 in rostral DRN.
All prenatal dexamethasone effects were found selectively in females but not males.