Synaptic transmission in the rat dentate gyrus after adrenalectomy

Neuroscience

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1061-1071

  Stienstra, C M ^a   Van Der Graaf, F ^a   Bosma, A ^a   Karten, Y J G ^a   Hesen, W ^a   Joels M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Corticosterone; Electrophysiology; Field potential; Hippocampus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CELL LOSS; DENTATE GYRUS; GRANULE CELL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CORTICOSTERONE; DENDRITES; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PERFORANT PATHWAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0032144783     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00655-6     Document Type: Article

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