11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in cultured hippocampal cells reactivates inert 11-dehydrocorticosterone, potentiating neurotoxicity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-70

  Rajan, Vidya ^a   Edwards, Christopher R W ^a   Seckl, Jonathan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carbenoxolone; corticosterone; dexamethasone; glucocorticoids; kainic acid; NADPH

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; DEHYDROCORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FETUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RNA SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0029670812     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-01-00065.1996     Document Type: Article

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