Opposite effects on NCAM expression in the rat frontal cortex induced by acute vs. chronic corticosterone treatments

Brain Research

Volumn 828, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 127-134

  Sandi, Carmen ^a,b   Loscertales, María ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic corticosterone; Corticosterone; Frontal cortex; Hypothalamus; Neural cell adhesion molecule; Neural plasticity

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CORTICOSTERONE; FRONTAL LOBE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033562474     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01346-3     Document Type: Article

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