Long-term glucocorticoid treatments decrease local cerebral blood flow in the rat hippocampus, in association with histological damage

Neuroscience

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 745-752

  Endo, Y ^a   Nishimura, J I ^a   Kobayashi, S ^a   Kimura, F ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diurnal rhythm; Glucocorticoid; Hippocampus; Local cerebral blood flow; Neurotoxicity; Rats

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INJURY; CELL DEATH; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENILE DEMENTIA; STEROID THERAPY; STRESS;

ANIMALS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030797812     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00044-4     Document Type: Article

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