Glucocorticoids differentially increase nerve growth factor and basic fibroblast growth factor expression in the rat brain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2141-2148

  Mocchetti, Italo ^a   Spiga, Giulio ^a   Hayes, Valerie Y ^b   Isackson, Paul J ^c   Colangelo, Annamaria ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; aldosterone; bFGF; cerebral cortex; corticosterone; dexamethasone; hippocampus; NGF

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029863346     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-06-02141.1996     Document Type: Article

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