Corticosterone regulates expression of BDNF and trkB but not NT-3 and trkC mRNA in the rat hippocampus

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 334-341

  Schaaf, Marcel J M ^a   Hoetelmans, Rob W M ^a   De Kloet, E Ronald ^a   Vreugdenhil, Erno ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

glucocorticoids; neurotrophins; stress

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTROPHIN 3; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RECEPTOR;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DENSITOMETRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOSE RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0030956924     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19970515)48:4<334::AID-JNR5>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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