In vivo characterization of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in rat hippocampus using glucocorticoid neuroendangerment as an endpoint

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 138-144

  Ajilore, Olusola A ^a   Sapolsky, Robert M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal steroids; Hippocampus; Kainic acid; Neurotoxicity; Steroid metabolising enzymes

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CARBENOXOLONE; CORTICOSTERONE; DEHYDROCORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; KAINIC ACID; OXIDOREDUCTASE; 11-DEHYDROCORTICOSTERONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG IMPLANT; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

11-BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMALS; CARBENOXOLONE; CORTICOSTERONE; DRUG IMPLANTS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; KAINIC ACID; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0032586288     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054412     Document Type: Article

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