Stress, glucocorticoids, and damage to the nervous system: the current state of confusion

Stress

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-19

  Sapolsky, Robert M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoids; Hippocampus; Necrotic neurologic insults; Stress; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTROPHIN;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE RELEASE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

EID: 0030318063     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253899609001092     Document Type: Article

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