The corticosterone synthesis inhibitor metyrapone prevents hypoxia/ischemia-induced loss of synaptic function in the rat hippocampus

Stroke

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1162-1172

  Krugers, Harm J ^a   Maslam, Suharti ^b   Korf, Jakob ^b   Joëls, Marian ^b  

^a Institute for Neurobiology   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Evoked potentials; Hippocampus; Hormones; Rats

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HORMONE INHIBITOR; METYRAPONE; MIFEPRISTONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034057617     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.31.5.1162     Document Type: Article

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