Effect of long-term elevated corticosteroid levels on field responses to synaptic stimulation, in the rat CA1 hippocampal area

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-44

  Karten, Y J G ^a   Slagter, E ^a   Joels M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Field potential; Schaffer collateral stimulation; Theta burst potentiation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ADAPTATION; ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; ATROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DENDRITE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HIPPOCAMPUS THETA RHYTHM; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SENSORY NERVE; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANIMALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THETA RHYTHM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033538001     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00211-6     Document Type: Article

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