Lifelong corticosterone level determines age-related decline in neurogenesis and memory

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 645-654

  Montaron, M F ^a   Drapeau, E ^a   Dupret, D ^a   Kitchener, P ^a   Aurousseau, C ^a   Le Moal, M ^a   Piazza, P V ^a   Abrous, D N ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Ageing; Corticosterone; Hippocampus; Neurogenesis; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE INHIBITION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LIFESPAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; UPREGULATION;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENALECTOMY; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL COUNT; CORTICOSTERONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; ORGANOGENESIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; STRESS;

EID: 33344478060     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2005.02.014     Document Type: Article

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