Glucocorticoids, stress, and their adverse neurological effects: Relevance to aging

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 721-732

  Sapolsky, Robert M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral metabolism; Excitotoxins; Glucocorticoids; Hippocampus; Learning; Neurogenesis; Neuron death; Plasticity; Stress

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADAPTATION; AGED; AGING; DENTATE NUCLEUS; DEPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS;

AGING; ANIMALS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; STRESS;

EID: 0032871472     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(99)00047-9     Document Type: Review

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