Stress and hippocampal plasticity

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue , 1999, Pages 105-122

  McEwen, Bruce S ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Dendrites; Glucocorticoids; Memory; Neurogenesis; NMDA receptors

Indexed keywords

ADINAZOLAM; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CORTICOSTERONE; DESIPRAMINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PHENYTOIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; STEROID; TIANEPTINE;

AGING; BRAIN ATROPHY; CUSHING DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DENDRITE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRESS;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; ATROPHY; COGNITION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONES; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; STEROIDS; STRESS;

EID: 0032912252     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.neuro.22.1.105     Document Type: Review

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