The exacerbation of hippocampal excitotoxicity by glucocorticoids is not mediated by apoptosis

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 24-31

  Roy, Madhuri ^a   Sapolsky, Robert M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal steroids; Apoptosis; Calcium; Caspase; Excitatory amino acids; Excitotoxicity; Free radicals; Hippocampus; Kainic acid

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CASPASE 3; CORTICOSTERONE; EXCITOTOXIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; KAINIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE MARKER; HIPPOCAMPUS; MORBIDITY; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CORTICOSTERONE; DRUG SYNERGISM; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; KAINIC ACID; NEURONS; NEUROTOXINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0037219715     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068337     Document Type: Article

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