Stress and the aging hippocampus

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-70

  McEwen, Bruce S ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoid cascade hypothesis; Hippocampal aging; Stress

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GLUCOSE; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PRASTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGED; AGING; AMNESIA; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN PROTECTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

EID: 0032895804     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/frne.1998.0173     Document Type: Article

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