Glucocorticoids and hippocampal atrophy in neuropsychiatric disorders

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 925-935

  Sapolsky, Robert M ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

BRAIN ATROPHY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SHORT SURVEY; STRESS;

EID: 0033800486     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.57.10.925     Document Type: Short Survey

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