Administration of corticosterone alters intracellular localization of brain-derived neurotrophic factor-like immunoreactivity in the rat brain

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-118

  Nitta, Atsumi ^a   Fukumitsu, Hidefumi ^a   Kataoka, Hiroshige ^a   Nomoto, Hiroshi ^a   Furukawa, Shoei ^a  

^a GIFU PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF); Corticosterone; Glucocorticoid; Immunohistochemistry; Neurotrophin; Rats

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL NUCLEUS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORTICOSTERONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030929825     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00256-5     Document Type: Article

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