Prolonged moderate elevation of corticosterone does not affect hippocampal anatomy or cell proliferation rates in mountain chickadees (Poecile gambeli)

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 82-91

  Pravosudov, Vladimir V ^a   Omanska, Alicja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic stress; Corticosterone; Hippocampus; Mountain chickadee; Neurogenesis; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN SIZE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; STRESS;

BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SONGBIRDS; STRESS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 10444279350     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.20069     Document Type: Article

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