Hippocampal vulnerability to stress and aging: Possible role of neurotrophic factors

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-36

  Smith, Mark A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Excitotoxicity; Glucocorticoid; Hippocampus; Nerve growth factor; Neurotrophin 3; Stress

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; EXCITOTOXIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUTAMIC ACID; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPIC AGENT;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

EID: 0030014560     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-4328(95)00220-0     Document Type: Article

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