Corticosterone shifts different forms of synaptic potentiation in opposite directions

Hippocampus

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 697-703

  Krugers, Harm J ^a   Alfarez, Deborah N ^a   Karst, Henk ^a   Parashkouhi, Keyvan ^a   van Gemert, Neeltje ^a   Joëls, Marian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calcium; Corticosterone; Hippocampus; LTP; Stress

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MIFEPRISTONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NIFEDIPINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CORTICOSTERONE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MIFEPRISTONE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; STRESS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 24944521668     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20092     Document Type: Article

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