Do glucocorticoids contribute to brain aging?

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 273-286

  Nichols, Nancy R ^a   Zieba, Malgorzata ^a   Bye, Nicole ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cognitive impairment; Glial fibrillary acidic prot in; Glucocorticoid receptor; Neurogenesis; Transforming growth factor 1

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ADRENALECTOMY; AGED; AGING; APOPTOSIS; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CELL DEATH; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LOSS; CELL METABOLISM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENTATE GYRUS; GLIOSIS; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MEMORY; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SYNAPSE;

ADRENALECTOMY; AGING; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; RATS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID;

EID: 0035666488     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(01)00131-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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