Glucocorticoids and the hippocampus: Developmental interactions facilitating the expression of behavioral inhibition

Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 213-226

  Takahashi, Lorey K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral inhibition; Corticosterone; Dentate gyrus; Emotional development; Fear; Freezing; Glucocorticoids; Hippocampus; Nerve growth factor; Neurotrophic factors; Septohippocampal cholinergic system

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE PROTEIN; NEUROTOXIN;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADRENALECTOMY; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; DENTATE GYRUS; DRUG EFFECT; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADRENALECTOMY; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DENTATE GYRUS; ESCAPE REACTION; FEAR; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROTOXINS; RATS; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM;

EID: 0030337826     PISSN: 08937648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02740624     Document Type: Article

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