Regulation of hippocampal theta activity by corticosterone: Opposing functions of mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid receptors

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 631-635

  Murphy, Deborah ^a   Costall, Brenda ^a   Smythe, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Corticosterone; Hippocampus; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal; Negative feedback; Rat; Stress; Theta

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; MINERALOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; STRESS; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 0032053126     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(97)00462-0     Document Type: Article

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