Suppressed proliferation and apoptotic changes in the rat dentate gyrus after acute and chronic stress are reversible

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 131-144

  Heine, Vivi M ^a   Maslam, Suharti ^a   Zareno, Jessica ^a   Joëls, Marian ^a   Lucassen, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Depression; Hippocampus; Ki 67; Neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL DIVISION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENTATE GYRUS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STRESS;

EID: 1642499190     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.03100.x     Document Type: Article

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