Chronic psychosocial stress does not affect the number of pyramidal neurons in tree shrew hippocampus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 233, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 121-124

  Vollmann Honsdorf, Gesa K ^a   Flügge, Gabriele ^a   Fuchs, Eberhard ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Degeneration; Hippocampus; Neuronal loss; Psychosocial stress; Stereology; Tree shrew

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INSECTIVORE; MENTAL STRESS; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; STEREOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CHRONIC DISEASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SHREWS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0342618481     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00647-2     Document Type: Article

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