Prevention of stress-induced morphological and cognitive consequences

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1997, Pages

  McEwen, Bruce S ^a   Conrad, Cheryl D ^a   Kuroda, Yasukazu ^a   Frankfurt, Maya ^a   Maria Magarinos, Ana ^a   McKittrick, Christina ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Glucocorticoids; Hippocampus; Stress; Tianeptine

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; DESIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; PHENYTOIN; SEROTONIN 1 RECEPTOR; TIANEPTINE;

AGING; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN ATROPHY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SEROTONIN RELEASE; STRESS; VERBAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; ATROPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; RATS; STRESS; THIAZEPINES;

EID: 0030693199     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-977X(97)00064-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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