Activation of the type 2 adrenal steroid receptor can rescue granule cells from death during development

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 265-268

  Gould, Elizabeth ^a,b   Tanapat, Patima ^a   McEwen, Bruce S ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal steroid receptor; Cell death; Dentate gyms; Development; RU28362; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

11BETA,17BETA DIHYDROXY 6 METHYL 17ALPHA (1 PROPYNYL)ANDROSTA 1,4,6 TRIEN 3 ONE; CORTICOSTEROID RECEPTOR; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; GRANULE CELL; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENALECTOMY; ANDROSTANOLS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, STEROID;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030748889     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(97)00023-0     Document Type: Article

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