Sex, stress and the hippocampus: Allostasis, allostatic load and the aging process

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 921-939

  McEwen, Bruce S ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostasis; Allostatic load; Estrogens; Excitatory amino acids; Glucocorticoids; Hippocampus; Neuroprotection; NMDA receptors; Resilience; Stress

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE; STEROID;

AGING; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BONE MINERAL; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; DENDRITE; DENTATE GYRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; ISCHEMIA; NERVE CELL; NERVE INJURY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SEIZURE, EPILEPSY AND CONVULSION; SEX; STRESS; SYNAPSE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; STRESS;

EID: 0036752591     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(02)00027-1     Document Type: Article

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