Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function and corticosterone receptor expression in behaviourally characterized young and aged Long-Evans rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1739-1751

  Bizon, Jennifer L ^a   Helm, Katherine A ^a   Han, Jung Soo ^a   Chun, Hyun Ja ^c   Pucilowska, Jolanta ^b   Lund, Pauline Kay ^b   Gallagher, Michela ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Glucocorticoid; GR; Hippocampus; Memory; MR; Prefrontal cortex; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; RIBONUCLEASE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STEREOLOGY; STRESS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; COGNITION DISORDERS; DOWN-REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEURONS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, STEROID; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS;

EID: 0035784703     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816X.2001.01781.x     Document Type: Article

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