Downregulation of BDNF mRNA and protein in the rat hippocampus by corticosterone

Brain Research

Volumn 813, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 112-120

  Schaaf, Marcel J M ^a   De Jong, Jeannette ^a   De Kloet, E Ronald ^a   Vreugdenhil, Erno ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid; Glucocorticoid; Neurotrophin; Stress

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DOWN REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; DENTATE GYRUS; DOWN-REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR, CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032583213     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)01010-5     Document Type: Article

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