Effects of mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid receptors on long-term potentiation in the CA3 hippocampal field

Brain Research

Volumn 851, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 204-214

  Pavlides, Constantine ^a   McEwen, Bruce S ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aldosterone; CA3; Corticosterone; Dentate gyrus; Glucocorticoid; Hippocampus; In vivo; Long term potentiation; Mineralocorticoid; Mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid receptor; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

11BETA,17BETA DIHYDROXY 6 METHYL 17ALPHA (1 PROPYNYL)ANDROSTA 1,4,6 TRIEN 3 ONE; ALDOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW;

EID: 0033378511     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)02188-5     Document Type: Article

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