Effect of chronic psychosocial stress and long-term cortisol treatment on hippocampus-mediated memory and hippocampal volume: A pilot-study in tree shrews

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 357-363

  Ohl, F ^a   Michaelis, T ^b   Vollmann Honsdorf, G K ^a   Kirschbaum, C ^c   Fuchs, E ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b Biomedizinische NMR Forschungs GmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoids; Hippocampal volume; Memory; MRI; Stress; Tree shrew

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; INSECTIVORE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS;

ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEMORY; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TUPAIIDAE;

EID: 0034056842     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(99)00062-1     Document Type: Article

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