Effects of different kinds of acute stress on nerve growth factor content in rat brain

Brain Research

Volumn 987, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 207-213

  Von Richthofen, Sita ^a,b   Lang, Undine E ^a   Hellweg, Rainer ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depression; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenocortical axis; Nerve growth factor; Neurotrophin; Stress

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; THREAT;

EID: 0142134103     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(03)03338-9     Document Type: Article

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