Morphological changes in the hippocampal CA3 region induced by non- invasive glucocorticoid administration: A paradox

Brain Research

Volumn 809, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 314-318

  Magariños, Ana María ^b   Orchinik, Miles ^a   McEwen, Bruce S ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Dendritic atrophy; Golgi impregnation; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; DRINKING WATER; GLUCOCORTICOID; TIANEPTINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MOSSY FIBER; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; STEROIDOGENESIS; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ATROPHY; CELL SIZE; CORTICOSTERONE; DENDRITES; DRINKING; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SILVER STAINING; STRESS;

EID: 0342621693     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00882-8     Document Type: Article

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