Behavioural stress facilitates the induction of long-term depression in the hippocampus

Nature

Volumn 387, Issue 6632, 1997, Pages 497-500

  Xu, Lin ^a   Anwyl, Roger ^a   Rowan, Michael J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0030922666     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/387497a0     Document Type: Article

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