Controversies surrounding glucocorticoid-mediated cell death in the hippocampus

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 149-167

  Reagan, Lawrence P ^a   McEwen, Bruce S ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Apoptosis; Corticosterone; Excitotoxicity; Glutamate; Ischemia; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOSTERONE; EXCITOTOXIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUTAMIC ACID; MINERALOCORTICOID;

ADRENAL GLAND; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ETIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; ISCHEMIA; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEROID RELEASE; STRESS; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS;

EID: 0030800928     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-0618(97)00031-8     Document Type: Review

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