Maintenance of hippocampal cell numbers in young and aged rats submitted to chronic unpredictable stress. Comparison with the effects of corticosterone treatment

Stress

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 237-249

  Sousa, N ^a,b   Almeida, O F X ^a,b   Holsboer, F ^a,b   Paula Barbosa, M M ^a,b   Madeira, M D ^a,b  

^a Porto School of Nursing   (Portugal)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hippocampal formation; Neuronal degeneration; Stereology; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOLOGY; STRESS; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0032459399     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253899809167288     Document Type: Article

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