Stress, glucocorticoids and structural plasticity of the hippocampus

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 295-300

  Fuchs, E ^a   Flugge G ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenoceptors; Neurogenesis; Neuronal death; Serotonin receptors; Tree shrew; HSD

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INSECTIVORE; LIMBIC CORTEX; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0345040244     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(98)00031-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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