Stressed-out, or in (utero)?

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 518-524

  Avishai Eliner, Sarit ^a,c,d   Brunson, Kristen L ^a   Sandman, Curt A ^b   Baram, Tallie Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN FOS;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN REGION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SURVIVAL; COGNITION; DOSE RESPONSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIFE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FETUS; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; STRESS;

EID: 0036774950     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2236(02)02241-5     Document Type: Review

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