Electroconvulsive seizures increase hippocampal neurogenesis after chronic corticosterone treatment

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 283-290

  Hellsten, Johan ^a   Wennström, Malin ^a   Mohapel, Paul ^a   Ekdahl, Christine T ^a   Bengzon, Johan ^b   Tingström, Anders ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adult neurogenesis; Electroconvulsive treatment; Glucocorticoids; Hippocampus; Rat

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DEPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; CORTICOSTERONE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STEM CELLS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0036974526     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02093.x     Document Type: Article

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