Adrenal steroids suppress granule cell death in the developing dentate gyrus through an NMDA receptor-dependent mechanism

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-93

  Gould, Elizabeth ^a   Tanapat, Patima ^a   Cameron, Heather A ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal steroid; Cell death; Corticosterone; Dentate gyms; Development; NMDA receptor

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; DIZOCILPINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; STEROID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; GRANULE CELL; HORMONE ACTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CORTICOSTERONE; DENTATE GYRUS; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REFERENCE VALUES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030691059     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(97)00079-5     Document Type: Article

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