Exacerbation of apoptosis in the dentate gyrus of the aged rat by dexamethasone and the protective role of corticosterone

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-52

  Hassan, A H S ^a   Von Rosenstiel, P ^a   Patchev, V K ^a   Holsboer, F ^a   Almeida, O F X ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEATH; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; EYE PROTECTION; GRANULE CELL; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY;

EID: 0030198949     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1996.0113     Document Type: Article

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