Effect of chronic high-dose exogenous cortisol on hippocampal neuronal number in aged nonhuman primates

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2356-2361

  Leverenz, James B ^a,b   Wilkinson, Charles W ^a,b   Wamble, Molly ^a   Corbin, Shannon ^a   Grabber, Jo Ellen ^c   Raskind, Murray A ^a,b   Peskind, Elaine R ^a,b  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Regional Primate Research Centre   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cortisol; CSF cortisol; Hippocampus; Nonhuman primate; Stereology

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DOSE RESPONSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MONKEY; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOMETRY;

EID: 0033559832     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-06-02356.1999     Document Type: Article

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