Dexamethasone does not prevent seven-day adx-induced apoptosis in the dentate gyrus of the rat hippocampus

Stress

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-64

  Diane Hornsby, C ^a   Grootendorst, Jeannette ^b   De Ronald Kloet, E ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adrenalectomy; Apoptosis; Corticosterone; Dentate gyrus granule cell; Dexamethasone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; STEROID;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG INFUSION; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 0030319524     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253899609001095     Document Type: Article

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