Prednisone induces cognitive dysfunction, neuronal degeneration, and reactive gliosis in rats

Journal of Investigative Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 458-464

  Ramos Remus, César ^a   Gonzalez Castaneda, Rocio E ^a   González Perez, Oscar ^a   Luquin, Sonia ^a   García Estrada, Joaquin ^a  

^a NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Glucocorticoids; Learning; Memory; Microglia; Neural loss

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE; WATER; DISTILLED WATER; ISOLECTIN B4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; GLIOSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT; RAT STRAIN; CYTOPLASM; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MEMORY ASSESSMENT; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0036841701     PISSN: 17088267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jim-50-06-06     Document Type: Article

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