Glucocorticoids up-regulate the expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein in the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus

GLIA

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 212-221

  Maurel, Daniel ^a   Sage, Dominique ^a   Mekaouche, Mourad ^a   Bosler, Olivier ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Circadian rhythms; Corticosterone; Plasticity; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DENTATE GYRUS; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; UPREGULATION;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOSTERONE; DENTATE GYRUS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0034142052     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(20000201)29:3<212::AID-GLIA3>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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