Nerve growth factor brain concentration and stress: Changes depend on type of stressor and age

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 469-479

  Scaccianoce, Sergio ^a   Lombardo, Katia ^a   Angelucci, Luciano ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Basal forebrain; Corticosterone; Hippocampus; NGF; Stress

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHOCK; STRESS;

AGING; ANIMALS; COLD; CORTICOSTERONE; ELECTROSHOCK; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; ROTATION; STRESS;

EID: 0034237403     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-5748(00)00014-9     Document Type: Article

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