Genetic disruption of mineralocorticoid receptor leads to impaired neurogenesis and granule cell degeneration in the hippocampus of adult mice

EMBO Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 447-451

  Gass, Peter ^a,b   Kretz, Oliver ^a   Wolfer, David P ^c   Berger, Stefan ^a   Tronche, Francois ^a   Reichardt, Holger M ^a   Kellendonk, Christoph ^a   Lipp, Hans Peter ^c   Schmid, Wolfgang ^a   Schütz, Günther ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MUTAGENESIS; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTAGENESIS; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 18044402645     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/embo-reports/kvd088     Document Type: Article

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